News & Announcements

Wheelhouse Weekly, Aug 5, 2025
Volume 31… Number 31, August 5, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: AFL-CIO Impartial Umpire Rules That CMA-CGM PHOENIX Licensed Deck Officers Fall Within MM&P Jurisdiction and That American Maritime Officers (AMO) Violated Article XX, Sections 2 and 3 By Taking MM&P Work Unions Go to Court to Restore Federal Workers’ Collective Bargaining Rights Transportation […]

July/Aug Global Seafarer – MM&P Page 7
Please click here to view the July/August edition of the Global Seafarer. Nautilus Federation writes about MM&P’s Offshore struggle with the Alaska Tanker Company (ATC) and Overseas Shipping Group (OSG) – see page 7: Fight for union recognition continues for US deck officers despite historic mandate.

Wheelhouse Weekly, July 29, 2025
Volume 31… Number 30, July 29, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Unions Push to Make Transportation Workers Eligible for New Overtime Tax Deduction Senate Committee Advances Funding for Maritime Security Program MM&P Licensed Deck Officers Profiled in US Ocean Publication National Maritime Center Announces New Web-Based Application Status and Credential Verification Tools “Saints of […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, July 22, 2025
Volume 31… Number 29, July 22, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Act Now! You Can Help Restore Union Rights to Federal Workers! Citing Risks of Lithium-ion Batteries, Matson Suspends Shipping EVs Fiscal Year 2026 House of Representatives MSP Appropriations Update ITF Sounds the Alarm on Surge in Seafarer Abandonment MM&P and MITAGS Tout Benefits […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, July 15, 2025
Volume 31… Number 28, July 15, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Towards an “America First” Food Aid Program: Unions and Farmers Fight to Save PL 480 Cargo Eleven Crewmembers Unaccounted for After Houthis Attack Liberia-Flag Bulker New Congressional Caucus Seeks More Federal Funding for Ferry Systems National Hurricane Center Offers Twice Weekly Briefings for […]

July 2025 IFSMA Newsletter
The July 2025 edition of the monthly newsletter of the International Federation of Ship Masters (IFSMA) is available – click here! MM&P is a member of IFSMA which is primarily concerned with representing the interests of serving shipmasters in bodies such as the International Maritime Organization, the International Labor Organization, and other relevant international and […]