It’s been a busy legislative session in Washington state, as maritime interests cheered a bill recognizing the crucial contributions of the industry to the state’s economy — and also fended… Read More
Author: David Murray
On March 23, at 11 a.m., the mv. Crockett locked through Lock and Dam 2, in Hastings, Minn., the first to arrive for the unofficial start of the 2026 navigation… Read More
President Donald Trump issued a 60-day waiver to the Jones Act March 18, with the stated goal of reducing gas prices at the pump in the wake of the bombing… Read More
Jason Stoterau is strategic development manager at Illinois Marine Towing (IMT), which provides towing, fleeting and shipyard services along the Illinois Waterway. Founded after the acquisition of Joliet… Read More
Could some U.S. shipyards see robotic welders powered by artificial intelligence working alongside humans within a few years — or fewer? In February, Italian shipbuilding giant Fincantieri announced an industrial… Read More
After a 35-year career in Memphis, Randy Richardson, executive director of the Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission, is retiring. Richardson’s career consists of more than three decades of service… Read More
It was 2006 when David Yarbrough first joined the Tulsa Ports (then called Tulsa Port of Catoosa) as an operations manager. “I was an engineer, so a newbie to the… Read More
About 41,000 Coast Guard personnel, along with about one-third of its civilian employees, have been working without pay since a federal funding lapse February 14 initiated a partial shutdown of the Department of… Read More
For years, the Waterways Council Inc. has worked closely with the Corps of Engineers and members of Congress, recommending reforms while defending the need for greater investments in America’s once… Read More
The White House released its Maritime Action Plan on February 13, fulfilling an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on April 19 of last year. It is designed to… Read More
