News & Announcements
Mandatory Overtime Pushing Panama Canal Tug Captains to the Edge
Image credit: Paul Harrison / Wikimedia Commons The International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots (MM&P), an affiliate of the Nautilus Federation, has reported ongoing fatigue issues at the Panama Canal. Members of the union for tug captains in Panama, Unión de Capitanes y Oficiales de Cubierta (UCOC) – affiliated to MM&P and also to […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 8, 2022
Volume 28… Number 6…February 8, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Administration Issues Plan To Promote Union Membership Congressman Honors Merchant Mariners in Speech on House Floor International Shipping Group Calls Seafarer Wellbeing “an Unintended Casualty of the Pandemic” Turkish Captain Dies Reading Draft Marks From Pilot Ladder After Officials in China Bar Him From […]
ITF PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
The International Transport Workers’ Federation is announcing its first-ever photography contest. The contest aims to showcase the triumphs, challenges and sheer hard work of millions of transport workers around the world, in all sectors, industries and supply chains. Whether you’re a seafarer, train attendant, bus driver, baggage handler or docker—we want to see photos of […]
“US MARITIME HIGHWAY COALITION” FORMED TO PROMOTE NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNION MEMBERS
MM&P has joined forces with other maritime unions and labor groups to advocate for jobs in new and emerging energy-generation platforms, such as windfarms, that rely on coastwise shipping. The coalition will advocate before the administration and Congress for new short sea shipping projects and jobs for union members. The AFL-CIO Metal Trades Department spearheaded […]
UNIONS SLAM ESTABLISHMENT OF FLAG-OF-CONVENIENCE SHIP REGISTRY IN US VIRGIN ISLANDS
A broad coalition of maritime and transportation unions has lined up in opposition to the establishment of a flag-of-convenience ship registry in the US Virgin Islands. FOC registries—also called “open registries”—allow shipowners to maximize their profitability by avoiding the rules, regulations, tax obligations and manning requirements that attach to a national-flag fleet. MM&P is a […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 1, 2022
Volume 28… Number 5…February 1, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: “An Affront to America’s Mariners”: Unions Slam Establishment of Flag-of-Convenience Ship Registry in US Virgin Islands Also in This Issue: New Safety Guidance Seeks To End Pilot Transfer Fatalities New Soo Lock Gets Full Funding Under Bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act CMA CGM DAKAR […]