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Wheelhouse Weekly, March 17, 2026

Volume 32… Number 10, March 17, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Maritime Unions Respond to Administration’s Suggestion That It Might Waive the Jones Act Administration Explores Ways to Restore Strait of Hormuz Traffic MSC Christens New Expeditionary Sea Base Australia Detains Liberia-Flag Ship After Repeated Breakdowns Maritime Unions Join Farmers in Asking Congress to […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, March 10, 2026

Volume 32… Number 10, March 10, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: New Victory for MM&P Licensed Deck Officers! APL Arbitration Award Update Impacts on Shipping Increase as War Spreads Captain Jim Staples on Fox News Congressional Coalition Formed to Defend Federal Workers’ Rights Maritime Unions Join Farmers in Asking Congress to Boost Funding for […]

Special Invitation – 20th Anniversary Maritime Labour Convention

Special Invitation – Event March 10, 2026, 12:30-14:30 GMT (Please note – that’s GMT – when planning to watch/attend via Zoom!) The ILO is holding a high-level commemorative event, marking the twentieth anniversary of the Maritime Labour Convention. Nautilus Federation director, Mark Dickinson, is one of the panellists, alongside Sascha Meijer and other seafarer, shipowner […]

MM&P Jurisdiction- APL Arbitration Award Update

Subject- MM&P Jurisdiction- APL Arbitration Award Update MM&P received excellent news today that protects Licensed Deck Officer jurisdiction with contracted employer APL. Arbitrator Randi H. Abramsky concluded in her Award on March 4, 2026, that American President Lines, LLC and its affiliate APL Marine Services, Ltd. violated the CBA when the Company did not crew […]