As the coronavirus emergency stretches into weeks and maybe months, there are an increasing number of stories of companies, institutions and individuals pulling together in what President Donald Trump has… Read More
WJ Editorial
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Dear Mariners, Thank you for serving our country as U.S. merchant mariners, especially during this pandemic. Few people outside of our industry understand your sacrifices. I am particularly grateful for… Read More
The necessity of maintaining, renewing and, where necessary, replacing America’s aging lock and dam infrastructure with more modern and efficient structures has been the tireless message of our inland marine… Read More
In response to the economic challenges of the coronavirus, land-based logistics are sorting themselves out. American ingenuity is working out solutions. Truck and rail routes are being adjusted to protect… Read More
The inland cruise vessel industry is feeling the effects of the coronavirus emergency: American Cruise Lines is halting cruises until April 5 and the American Queen Steamboat Company is shutting down until April… Read More
As the coronavirus scare rolls on, there is no shortage of sober, responsible voices telling us that panic over the virus can do more damage than the virus itself. That’s… Read More
On March 2, the Department of Transportation announced the funding availability of $225 million in discretionary grants for ports under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). It’s certainly good news… Read More
The coronavirus (or COVID-19, its official name) spreading around the world from its epicenter in Wuhan, China, wasn’t even on anyone’s radar just a few weeks ago. It now looks… Read More
With the coronavirus outbreak curtailing world trade and the effects of the Phase I trade agreement between the U.S. and China still evolving, it wasn’t too much to hope that… Read More
Whatever happened to the “infrastructure president” who posed against a backdrop of working towboats on the Ohio River? Wherever he was, he was nowhere to be found in the administration’s… Read More
