News & Announcements

Wheelhouse Weekly, January 21, 2025
Volume 31… Number 3, January 21, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Houthis Say They Will Lift Red Sea Blockade Following Ceasefire Agreement APL Flags In the Last of the Newbuilds, PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON Maritime Coalition Endorses US Transportation Secretary Nominee, Applauds His Support for the Jones Act Soo Locks Close for Seasonal Maintenance […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, January 14, 2025
Volume 31… Number 2, January 14, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Stronger Together: America’s Second Largest Union Rejoins the AFL-CIO Longshore Workers Reach Tentative Agreement With Ports and Shippers Global Seafarer, a Publication of the Nautilus Federation, Is Now Online Chinese Ship Suspected of Damaging Cable Off Taiwan Had Two AIS Devices NASSCO Lays […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, January 7, 2025
Volume 31… Number 1, January 7, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: The Master, Mate & Pilot Is Now Online ILA and US Maritime Alliance Are Set to Resume Negotiations Navy Accepts Delivery of Newest Fleet Oiler Congress to Continue Investigating Allegations of Sexual Assault and Harassment at Coast Guard Academy CIVMARS Bring Christmas Cheer […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, December 31, 2024
Volume 30… Number 52, December 31, 2024 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: New Year’s Greetings Coast Guard Inspectors in Baltimore Discover Counterfeit Pilot Ladders Maritime Administrator Ann Phillips to Step Down in View of Presidential Transition Mariner Credentialing Program Transformation Final Rule World News: Finland Says Ship Suspected in Cable Sabotage Dragged Anchor for 50 […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, December 24, 2024
Volume 30… Number 51, December 24, 2024 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Holiday Greetings! “Ships for America Act” Introduced in Congress to Revitalize US Maritime Senate Approves Social Security Fairness Act Requirement to Submit MMC User Fees via the Pay.gov Website Do You Know a Retired Mariner With Demonstrated Financial Need Who Could Use Some […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, December 17, 2024
Volume 30… Number 51, December 17, 2024 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Holiday Greetings! Unions Call on Senate to Restore Fair Treatment for Retirees Transportation Labor Backs Inquiry Into Spain’s Denial of Entry to US-Flag Ships MM&P Member Honored by Crowley for Helping to Save the Life of a Shipmate Exciting News From MM&P Plans! […]