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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 […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 22, 2022
Volume 28… Number 8…February 22, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: New Federal Infrastructure Funds Will Revitalize Great Lakes Region, White House Says Bipartisan Bill Would Tighten Oversight of Foreign Vessels in Offshore Energy Sector Matson Reports Record Profits US-Flag Shipping on the Great Lakes Up 16.8 Percent in 2021 Also: Panama-Flagged Car Carrier Still […]