News & Announcements
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 […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, August 30, 2022
Volume 28… Number 35, Aug. 30, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: New Study Shows Jones Act Provides Substantial Benefits to Puerto Rico Dock Workers’ Unions Stand United Behind the ILWU Labor Department Opens New Resource Center To Promote Unions Military Sealift Command Inactivates Fleet Ocean Tug USNS APACHE Swedish Ferry Safely in Port After […]
Alaska AFL-CIO President Joelle Hall & MM&P
MM&P Vice President-Pacific Ports J. Lars Turner said, “We have an important alliance with the Alaska AFL-CIO that helps protect our work with the Alaska Marine Highway System, Matson, Dunlap towing and DeForge Maritime towing.” MM&P’s Mike Murray, left, is pictured with Joelle Hall, President of Alaska AFL-CIO, and J. Lars Turner.