News & Announcements
Wheelhouse Weekly, Aug. 25, 2026
Volume 32… Number 34, Aug. 25, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: White House Offers Details of Plan to Build Navy Vessels in Foreign Shipyards 22 Missing After Panama-Flag Bulk Carrier Sinks Suddenly in Bay of Bengal Chief Engineer of Liberia-Flag Ship Dies in Iranian Missile Attack Results of Second Quarter 2026 “Happiness Survey”: Seafarers […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, Aug. 18, 2026
Volume 32… Number 33, Aug. 18, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: President Trump Extends Jones Act Waiver for Another 90 Days MM&P Convention Wraps Up Strait of Hormuz Stalemate Continues Indian Cargo Vessel Sinks Off Hodeidah After Houthi Strike UK Civil Service Mariners Win Pay Raises Following Years of Labor Strife Longshoreman Dies in […]
Please Participate – Survey for Shipmasters’ Experience with Bridge Alerts
The IFSMA is collecting information on the experience of Shipmasters and Deck Officers with bridge alerts. The information will be used to help inform IFSMA’s consideration of bridge alert management in discussions at the IMO Navigation, Communications and Search & Rescue (NCSR) Sub-Committee. SURVEY LINK: click here.
Wheelhouse Weekly, Aug. 11, 2026
Volume 32… Number 32, Aug. 11, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: President Trump Extends Jones Act Waiver for Another 90 Days MM&P Convention Wraps Up Strait of Hormuz Stalemate Continues Indian Cargo Vessel Sinks Off Hodeidah After Houthi Strike UK Civil Service Mariners Win Pay Raises Following Years of Labor Strife Longshoreman Dies in […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, Aug. 4, 2026
Volume 32… Number 31, Aug. 4, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: 91st MM&P Convention Begins Shipmasters’ Federation Calls for Stronger Protections for Mariners in War Zones Engineer Missing After Liberia-Flag Bulk Carrier Struck in Strait of Hormuz New Issue of the MM&P Magazine Now Online VTS and Bridge Decision-Making: Graduate Student in Germany Asks […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, July 28, 2026
Volume 32… Number 30, July 28, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Maritime Labor Tells Congress: “Highly Trained US-Citizen Crews Are Key to Maritime Safety” Democrats on House Transportation Committee Call for End to Jones Act Waiver House of Representatives Adds SHIPS Act Provisions to Defense Authorization Bill Crew of MV George III Rescues Man […]