News & Announcements
Wheelhouse Weekly, January 4, 2022
Volume 28… Number 1…January 4, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: LA Times Joins MM&P Members at Work Aboard DELTA TERESA Global Seafarer, a Publication of the Nautilus Federation, Is Now Online Houthi Rebels Seize UAE-Flag OSV, Alleging Clandestine Weapons Transport Gulf of Guinea: US Maritime Advisory One Killed, Six Kidnapped, in Attack on Chinese […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, December 28, 2021
Volume 27… Number 52… December 28, 2021 STORIES COVERED Holiday Greetings From MM&P: Message From the MM&P General Executive Board In This Issue: “They Did the Heavy Lifting”: CHIMACUM Captain Hails Crew for Rescue Jones Act Opponents in Congress Launch New Line of Attack Amazon Settles With National Labor Relations Board Mauritius Sentences Captain and […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, December 21, 2021
Volume 27… Number 51… December 21, 2021 STORIES COVERED Holiday Greetings From MM&P: Message From the MM&P General Executive Board Also: New Issue of the MM&P Magazine Now Online DOT and MARAD Release Plan to Resume Sea Year with Mandatory Safety Standards With Election Year Approaching, Alaska Governor Agrees To Replace AMHS TUSTUMENA Credentials Lost […]
Wind Workforce Project Opens Path to New Maritime Jobs
MM&P Atlantic Ports Vice President Tom Larkin joined supporters of job-creating green energy projects gathered at SUNY Maritime this summer to mark passage by the House of Representatives of a new offshore wind workforce development program based at the school. New York Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Thomas Suozzi cosponsored the legislation, which would fund entry-level […]
Crew on the MV Kennicott
Greetings from MV KENNICOTT! The Kennicott runs from Southeast Alaska and Bellingham all the way out to Prince William Sound and the Kachemak Bay. (Left to right) Second Mate Andy Cockerham, Third Mate Chris Benedict, Third Mate Sarah McLean-Anderson, Pilot Drew Margerison, Captain Josh McGrath, Third Mate Shawn Epton and Chief Mate Katie Miller.
Greetings from MV Matanuska
After a stint in a Ketchikan shipyard, the Matanuska will resume its scheduled service in mid-December, running from Ketchikan to Bellingham, Wash., to pick up its generally weekly runs from Puget Sound through Southeast Alaska. (Left to right) New Third Mate Mary Zehnder, Third Mate Cassidy Patton, Captain Keith Hilliard, Chief Mate Ryan Seaver, Pilot […]