Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle has announced a major initiative to “return USACE to a focus on its core missions and ensure the enterprise continues… Read More
Legislative/Regulatory
A shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headed toward its second week, minus the urgency that might be expected for the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency… Read More
The Senate failed to advance a funding bill that would avoid another partial government shutdown, leaving operations important to the waterways industry once… Read More
President Donald Trump signed into law a multi-bill spending package to end a nearly four-day partial government shutdown that had suspended services important to the waterways industry. According… Read More
Late in the day January 29, Senate Democrats and the Trump administration reached a deal to avoid a partial government shutdown after Democrats and eight Republicans in the Senate voted… Read More
After receiving overwhelming approval in both chambers of Congress, a three-bill appropriations package for fiscal year (FY) 2026 that includes funding for Energy and Water Development was ready to go… Read More
A federal court shot down a lawsuit January 20 that challenged the Jones Act through an obscure provision of the Constitution. In what Jennifer Carpenter, president of the American Waterways… Read More
Dave Matsuda, former Maritime Administrator and currently a transportation consultant and founder of the Small Shipyard Grant Coalition, has an urgent message for all operators and owners of small shipyards:… Read More
Waterways Council Inc. (WCI) released a study January 14 focused on examining why the costs of lock and dam projects in the United States have escalated while timelines for completion… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court has begun hearings in a complicated and contentious case—Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish—originally filed by Louisiana parishes in 2013 against several oil majors, including Chevron… Read More
