News & Announcements
Wheelhouse Weekly, April 28, 2026
Volume 32… Number 17, April 28, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: JONES ACT ALERT—SPECIAL EDITION National Maritime Center Resumes Some Functions PCS Wins MSC T-AGOS Bid US-Flag Fleet Goes to Capitol Hill to Advocate for American Ships and Crewse DoD Terminates Collective Bargaining Agreements at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard More Middle East Turmoil as Iran […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, April 21, 2026
Volume 32… Number 16, April 21, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Sail-In to Focus on Coast Guard Funding, Maritime Revitalization Unions and Employers Warn: “Lapse in Government Funding Is Interfering With Critical Maritime Operations” DoD Terminates Collective Bargaining Agreements Covering Most Employees: MM&P Members Protected as Legal Case Plays Out US Navy Seizes Iran-Flag […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, April 14, 2026
Volume 32… Number 15, April 14, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: US Navy Blockades Iranian Ports Mariner Training and Retention Are Focus of MITAGS Conference NMC Guidance on Issues Commonly Encountered With E-Medical Certificates Global Piracy Drops to Lowest Level in Decades Maryland Settles Claim With Shipowner/Operator for 2024 Bridge Collapse News From the […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, April 7, 2026
Volume 32… Number 14, April 7, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: American Merchant Marine Veterans Convene at MITAGS Board of Pilot Commissioners for San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun Opens Applications Middle East Conflict: Forty Countries Meet to Discuss Reopening Strait of Hormuz Bloomberg Reports Iran Has Implemented a Formal Toll System for Ships […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 31, 2026
Volume 32… Number 13, March 31, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: AFL-CIO: “Unnecessary, Ineffective Jones Act Waiver Puts Foreign Corporations Ahead of America’s Workers” Iran Says Strait of Hormuz “Open to Non-Hostile Vessels” US Maritime Authorities Advise Turning Off AIS in Houthi Risk Area The Spring 2026 Issue of the MM&P Magazine Is Now […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 24, 2026
Volume 32… Number 12, March 24, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Breaking News: NLRB Rules in Favor of OSG and ATC Licensed Deck Officers Seeking MM&P Representation Maritime Labor Expresses “Deep Concern” Over 60-Day Jones Act Waiver NMC Experiencing Temporary Outage of Application Submission Portal Third Maritime Academy Training Ship, State of Maine, Delivered […]