News & Announcements
Wheelhouse Weekly, July 29, 2025
Volume 31… Number 30, July 29, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Unions Push to Make Transportation Workers Eligible for New Overtime Tax Deduction Senate Committee Advances Funding for Maritime Security Program MM&P Licensed Deck Officers Profiled in US Ocean Publication National Maritime Center Announces New Web-Based Application Status and Credential Verification Tools “Saints of […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, July 22, 2025
Volume 31… Number 29, July 22, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Act Now! You Can Help Restore Union Rights to Federal Workers! Citing Risks of Lithium-ion Batteries, Matson Suspends Shipping EVs Fiscal Year 2026 House of Representatives MSP Appropriations Update ITF Sounds the Alarm on Surge in Seafarer Abandonment MM&P and MITAGS Tout Benefits […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, July 15, 2025
Volume 31… Number 28, July 15, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Towards an “America First” Food Aid Program: Unions and Farmers Fight to Save PL 480 Cargo Eleven Crewmembers Unaccounted for After Houthis Attack Liberia-Flag Bulker New Congressional Caucus Seeks More Federal Funding for Ferry Systems National Hurricane Center Offers Twice Weekly Briefings for […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, July 8, 2025
Volume 31… Number 27, July 8, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Middle East Conflict: ITF Seeks “Warlike Operations Area” Designation for Militarized Waterways Crew Abandons Liberian-Flagged Bulker Attacked by Houthis in the Red Sea Unions Oppose White House Nominee to Key Labor Department Post: “His Confirmation Would Put the Rights of Millions of Workers […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, July 1, 2025
Volume 31… Number 26, July 1, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Coast Guard Announces New Policy for Crediting Sea Service on ATB Combinations MM&P Members at Great Lakes Towing Free Cement Carrier Lodged in Cuyahoga River Unions and Businesses Urge President Trump Not to Shut Down Job Corps Please Respond to the University of […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, June 24, 2025
Volume 31… Number 25, June 24, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Middle East: Israel and Iran Continue to Exchange Strikes After US Declares Ceasefire MM&P Members Aboard Staten Island Ferry SAMUEL NEWHOUSE Honored for Bravery Unions Urge the Senate to Remove Ban on State-Level AI Laws From Budget Reconciliation Bill The New Issue of […]