News & Announcements
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 15, 2022
Volume 28… Number 7…February 15, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: New Federal Maritime Commissioner Max Vekich Is Former Labor Leader, Longshore Worker A.P. Moller–Maersk Reports Record Earnings CMA CGM Vessels To Stop Transporting Plastic Waste US Maritime Advisory: Risks Due to Regional Tensions in Black Sea and Sea of Azov MM&P Plans Announcement: Over-the-Counter […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 8, 2022
Volume 28… Number 6…February 8, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Administration Issues Plan To Promote Union Membership Congressman Honors Merchant Mariners in Speech on House Floor International Shipping Group Calls Seafarer Wellbeing “an Unintended Casualty of the Pandemic” Turkish Captain Dies Reading Draft Marks From Pilot Ladder After Officials in China Bar Him From […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 1, 2022
Volume 28… Number 5…February 1, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: “An Affront to America’s Mariners”: Unions Slam Establishment of Flag-of-Convenience Ship Registry in US Virgin Islands Also in This Issue: New Safety Guidance Seeks To End Pilot Transfer Fatalities New Soo Lock Gets Full Funding Under Bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act CMA CGM DAKAR […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, January 25, 2022
Volume 28… Number 4…January 25, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: “The Most Pro-Union President Ever”: Labor Movement Marks One-Year Anniversary of President Biden’s Inauguration Military Standoff in Europe: US Puts 8,500 Troops on Heightened Alert; Russia Announces Mass Naval Drills A New Look for a New Year: Redesigned Website Puts MM&P Members Front and Center […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, January 18, 2022
Volume 28… Number 3…January 18, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Another Supply Chain Crisis Waiting To Happen: Mandatory Overtime Pushing Panama Canal Tug Captains to the Edge US Maritime Workers on the Front Lines: Imports Continue To Surge at Southern California Ports; Oakland Introduces Queuing System for Arriving Ships White House Port Envoy Salutes […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, January 11, 2022
Volume 28… Number 2…January 11, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: AFL-CIO Unions Call for Action and Accountability on One-Year Anniversary ofCapitol Attack Updated Passport Renewal Procedures for Mariners Australia’s Labor Party Wants New National Fleet To Safeguard Security, Protect Supply Chain – In Tit for Tat With Houthi Rebels, Saudi Coalition Seizes Tanker Gulf […]