Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined Reps. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) and a group of maritime leaders and supporters in reintroducing the Shipbuilding and Harbor… Read More
Author: David Murray
President Donald Trump delayed 25 percent tariffs against Canada and Mexico until April 2 but doubled down on Chinese tariffs, levying another 10 percent tariff on Chinese imported goods on… Read More
A bill recently introduced in Congress to strengthen the U.S. Navy’s shipyard support and bolster its ability to keep pace with China’s blistering progress in shipbuilding has a few words… Read More
Defying the near-unanimous bipartisan support of California’s legislators as well as the state’s labor unions, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a last-minute veto of AB 1122, a marine safety bill… Read More
The St. Louis Inland River Seminar continued its steady growth with its third event September 16-17 at the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) in downtown St. Louis. The seminar is hosted… Read More
Local officials and port workers celebrated the opening September 5 of a new, $6 million dock that will serve ocean vessels at Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor. Partially funded by a… Read More
Making landfall September 12 as a Category 2 storm in Terrebonne Parish, La., Hurricane Francine brought torrential rain and storm surge to southeast Louisiana and knocked out power to almost… Read More
The Arkansas Waterways Commission recently awarded nearly $3.5 million to six Arkansas ports. Phyllis Harden, commission chair, said the grants were awarded on the basis of improving safety and according… Read More
The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) in McGehee, in collaboration with the Arkansas Waterways Commission and the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services Adult Education, is offering a free Inland… Read More
The Tennessee and Arkansas departments of transportation have jointly secured $393 million in federal funds to build a new Interstate 55 Bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis, to be… Read More
