The National Maritime Center (NMC) announced that, effective May 18, all but two Regional Examination Centers (RECs) and Monitoring Units (MUs) were returning to routine operations, including availability to… Read More
Legislative/Regulatory
A federal court unsealed a U.S. Justice Department indictment May 12 against two corporate entities and a shoreside superintendent in connection with the mv. Dali crashing into and knocking… Read More
In March, the Environmental Protection Agency presented the results of a “Technology Review” pertaining to marine tank vessel loading operations (MTVLO). The Clean Air Act requires such a review… Read More
Members of the public have until June 8 to weigh in on the much-anticipated report approved by President Donald Trump’s Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council. Adopted and… Read More
Michelle Ramsden, special counsel at Jones Walker, said maritime companies adopting artificial intelligence tools should approach governance much like bridge resource management aboard a vessel: with clearly defined authority, oversight… Read More
Some of the Coast Guard teams that work along the inland waterway system and in security its ports are being centralized under the agency’s new Special Missions Command, which… Read More
President Donald Trump signed a bill reopening the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the longest shutdown in U.S. history, without new funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement… Read More
House and Senate Republicans hit an impasse over a Senate-passed budget blueprint designed to end the months-long shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and trigger an expedited… Read More
This year’s River and Marine Industry Conference of the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association — the 42nd straight meeting of what has been called the “Super Bowl” of… Read More
Inland ports and terminals in Missouri have an opportunity to get state assistance for capital improvement purchases or projects that enhance their ability to handle and move freight. They… Read More
