Ever flowing, ever changing, waterborne commerce has remained central to the American experience throughout its nearly 250-year history. The United States exists as a unified nation in large part… Read More
WJ Editorial
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The 3 R’s of the inland barge fleet have been a theme for more than a year: retire, replace and resurge the fleet. The industry has moved forward with… Read More
By Michelle Ramsden, Ilsa Luther and Andy Lee, Jones Walker LLP Artificial intelligence (AI) is steadily transforming the maritime industry’s architecture, from predictive maintenance, safety and ship security… Read More
By Garrett Rice (Editor’s Note: Garrett Rice is president of Master Boat Builders, based in Coden, Ala., and vice chair of the Shipbuilders Council of America. This piece… Read More
As geopolitical tensions flare in the Strait of Hormuz and congestion worsens at the Panama Canal and Malacca Strait, John Donne’s famous words from 1624 come sharply into focus:… Read More
I am a Galveston, Texas, resident currently preparing to take the Tankship Dangerous Liquids (DL) Cargo Course for my Tank Vessel-PIC endorsement and STCW Basic Safety Training this fall. Read More
National Maritime Day is observed on May 22, to mark the date that the American steamship Savannah sailed from the United States to England. This was the first successful… Read More
A deckhand called out “Hey, Chaps! Can I talk to you for a second?” as I was passing through the galley. “Absolutely!” I responded as we… Read More
The Seamen’s Church Institute’s Center for Maritime Education (CME) has established a new partnership with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Miss.,, with the… Read More
This past week, the Corn Belt Ports and We Work the Waterways announced their participation in the Corn Belt Ports Rural Maritime and Logistics Training and Education Consortium,… Read More
