The end of 2019 brought major changes in leadership for two major waterways advocacy organizations. On December 4, The American Waterways Operators announced that Jennifer Carpenter, AWO’s executive vice president… Read More
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Easy to laugh, Jim “Goat” Patterson is known for hearty outbursts that can spill over into the next room or fill a convention center, as one might expect from a… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Members of the waterways industry chalked up key gains on appropriations, defense authorization and trade despite the historic drama of Donald J. Trump becoming only the third U.S. Read More
According to a pair of reports released December 9 and published in the Federal Register December 13, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing spending about $3.2… Read More
The two top stories of 2019 were both carry-overs from 2018. A cascading series of devastating spring floods affected every river system. Dozens of flood… Read More
The United States Coast Guard issued a Marine Safety Alert on December 6 warning of the risk of retractable towboat pilothouses. In Alert 13-19, “An Important Safety Consideration–Hazards… Read More
The last of the Vietnam War-era fast patrol boats is seeking a new home in Paducah, Kentucky, for use training chaplains and sea scouts. Seamen’s Church Institute senior… Read More
Washington, D.C.—In a long-awaited breakthrough on trade, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced a deal on the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement, dubbed USMCA. “This is a day we have… Read More
The floods of 2019 set dozens of new records. In the north-central river forecast region, the year 2019 recorded minor flood forecasts for 96 consecutive days; moderate flood forecasts… Read More
In a December 3 alert to its members, The American Waterways Operators said the Coast Guard had “confirmed to AWO that in response to industry concerns following the agency’s… Read More
