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Wheelhouse Weekly, May 27, 2025
Volume 31… Number 21, May 27, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Bipartisan Legislation Would Modernize Merchant Mariner Credential Exam FMC to Investigate Impact on US Shipping of Flags of Convenience, Open Registries Police in Norway Arrest Officer of the Watch After Ship Runs Aground in a Garden New Global Minimum Wage Set for International […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, May 20, 2025
Volume 31… Number 20, May 20, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Rep. Rick Larsen Receives Salute to Congress Award for Leadership on Maritime Issues Mexican Navy Tall Ship Hits Brooklyn Bridge, Killing Two Members of Crew Defense Department to End Prepositioned Ship Program ILO and IMO Formally Adopt New Guidelines on Fair Treatment of […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, May 13, 2025
Volume 31… Number 19, May 13, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Administration Nominates MLL Executive as Maritime Administrator TTD President on MSP: “A Bipartisan, Cost-Effective Program That Should Be Fully Funded” Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Federal Workers Who Are Also Military Reservists in Long-Running Pay Dispute Unmanned Boat Rams Merchant Vessel Off […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, May 6, 2025
Volume 31… Number 18, May 6, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Landmark Legislation to Revitalize US Maritime Is Reintroduced in Congress House Republicans Draft Cuts to Federal Employee Pension System Budget Reconciliation Bill Calls for New Navy Warships and MSC Support Vessels Multiple Sources Confirm Houthis Detaining Foreign Vessels in Ras Isa, Yemen MSC […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, April 29, 2025
Volume 31… Number 17, April 29, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Workers’ Memorial Day: Remembering Workers Who Have Lost Their Lives on the Job Judge Temporarily Blocks Order Taking Union Rights Away From Federal Workers at Several Agencies Inexperience and Distraction Contributed to 2024 Ohio River Barge Accident Austal USA Christens New Navajo-Class Vessel No […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, April 22, 2025
Volume 31… Number 16, April 22, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Shipping Industry Recognizes Seafarers as “Key Workers” Nautilus Federation Study Explores Recruitment and Retention Problems in Maritime UN Warns of Growing Risks of Jamming and Spoofing MSC Ships Will Be Outfitted With Security Cameras as Sexual Assault Deterrent USACE Partners With Kings Point […]