For nearly 30 years, Turn Services, the New Orleans-based fleeting and shifting company with operations from Baton Rouge, La., to the Gulf and along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, has… Read More
American Waterways Operators
On September 18, the Coast Guard released a revised policy letter, CG-CVC Policy Letter 17-02, Change-2, that credits external vessel audits conducted within three years prior to the… Read More
Jo Ann Salyers The past few years have been busy ones for Jo Ann Salyers as towing operators readied for the final implementation of Subchapter M. Read More
The maritime industry has seen a decline in reportable incidents, including a 24 percent decline in towing vessel incidents in 2017 over 2016, according to a recent safety report. Read More
The latest report from Coast Guard-American Waterways Operators Safety Partnership’s National Quality Steering Committee on industry safety statistics gives cause for much satisfaction among towing industry leaders. The… Read More
Washington, D.C.— Funding bills tracked by the waterways industry were covered by a verbal victory lap by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as he praised his chamber’s bipartisan approach… Read More
The American Waterways Operators (AWO) approved Decatur Marine Audit & Survey as a third-party organization authorized to conduct audits of AWO member operations as part of its Responsible Carrier… Read More
In 2017, the Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA) was reintroduced as S.168 by Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Robert Casey (D-Pa.). The bill was favorably reported to the… Read More
The American Waterways Operators decried the April 18 vote stalling the Coast Guard authorization bill. The bill included the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA), which would establish… Read More
The inland waterways industry got some good news with the passage by Congress of the $1.3 trillion omnibus appropriations bill to keep the government going for the rest of… Read More
