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Wheelhouse Weekly, April 5, 2022
Volume 28… Number 14, April 5, 2022 STORIES COVERED UK In This Issue: Glen Paine Honored by The Marine Society of the City of New York President’s 2023 Budget Will Fully Fund Key Maritime Programs Critics Say Ocean Shipping Reform Act Misses Root Causes of Supply Chain Congestion New Name for MLL Ship Navy to […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, March 29, 2022
Volume 28… Number 13, March 29, 2022 STORIES COVERED UK Government Responds to Mass Firings at P&O Ferries: “Replacement Crews Lack Training,” Coast Guard Says Parliament To Set Minimum Wage for Ferry Workers Russia-Ukraine War: Foreign Crews Blocked Aboard Ships in Ukraine’s Ports Are Running Low on Supplies Ukraine Sinks Russian Landing Vessel at Port […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, March 22, 2022
Volume 28… Number 12, March 22, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Hundreds of British Ferry Workers Fired Over Zoom: “Your Final Day of Employment Is Today” New Issue of the MM&P Magazine Now Online Bipartisan Spending Legislation Funds New Cal Maritime Training Ship American Maritime Partnership Pushes Back Against Jones Act Waiver Requests U.S.-Flag […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, March 15, 2022
Volume 28… Number 11, March 15, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Full Funding for Maritime Security Program and Tanker Security Program Evergreen Containership Runs Aground in Chesapeake Bay New Pressures on Global Supply Chain As China Tightens Pandemic Lockdowns Russian-Ukraine War: U.S. Seagoing Labor Supports “Strongest Possible Economic Responses” to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, March 8, 2022
Volume 28… Number 10, March 8, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: 89th MM&P Regular Convention Call Now Online: MM&P Women’s Caucus Guide: “Building a Respectful Maritime Workplace” Plus: Alaska Ferry Workers Are Leaving for Jobs That Pay More, Unions Say Kings Point Superintendent Jack Buono Announces His Retirement White House Strengthens “Made in America” […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, March 1, 2022
Volume 28… Number 9. March 1, 2022 STORIES COVERED Russian-Ukraine War: Nautilus Federation Calls on Shipowners To Safeguard Mariners Unions Stand in Solidarity With the People of Ukraine United Kingdom Closes Ports to Russian Shipping; European Union Expected To Follow Major Container Lines Suspend Shipments to and From Russia and Ukraine Also: DOT Says Growing […]