News & Announcements
AMP President Releases Statement on Jones Act Waiver
The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) has released a statement on the recent Jones Act waiver. To view the statement, click here.
Wheelhouse Weekly, September 27, 2022
Volume 28… Number 39, Sept. 27, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: U.S.-Flag Fleet Pushes Back Against Calls to Waive Jones Act in Wake of Hurricane Fiona MARAD Announces New Initiatives To Support Cargo Preference Compliance Friends of Maritime in Congress Work To Boost Funding for Ferry Systems Ships Warned Over Gas Leaks From Nord […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, September 20, 2022
Volume 28… Number 38, Sept. 20, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Unions Tells Congress: “America Depends on the Merchant Marine–and the Merchant Marine Depends on Cargo Preference” “Personal Locator Beacons Should Be Required for All Vessel Personnel,” National Transportation Safety Board Says Liverpool Dock Workers Go Out on Strike Hurricane Fiona Heads Towards the […]
Joint Letter to Congress – Request to Halt NOAA Plan
THE NOAA PLAN TO EXTEND WHALE PROTECTION SPEED LIMITS TO PILOT BOATS WOULD PUT LIVES AT RISK, HAMPER PORT OPERATIONS MM&P has joined forces with the American Pilots Association and other major maritime groups in a bid to halt a plan by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to extend marine mammal protection speed limits […]
GREAT LAKES REGION – JOB OPPORTUNITIES
JOB POSTING: GREAT LAKES REGION There are jobs for licensed and unlicensed personnel at Grand River Navigation and jobs for licensed officers at Key Lakes. If you are interested, please contact MM&P Vice President Great Lakes & Gulf Region Vice President Tom Bell, tbell@bridgedeck.org, or (216) 776-1667.
Wheelhouse Weekly, September 6, 2022
Volume 28… Number 36, Sept. 6, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Insurer Issues New Warning About Risks of Shipping Lithium-Ion Batteries Gallup Poll: Pro-Union Support Highest Since 1965 Also: Adm. Al Herberger, a Champion of the U.S.-Flag Fleet, Dies at 91 Suez Canal Briefly Blocked After Singapore-Flag Tanker Grounds Judge Dismisses Indictment of Dive […]