AWO

Cathy Hammond The Mike Rushing Legacy Service Award, awarded annually by the Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau (TVIB), honors an individual whose career reflects a commitment to community service, professional excellence… Read More

Royce Wilken Royce C. Wilken Royce C. Wilken, who spent 38 years at Archer Daniels Midland, served as the president of American River Transportation Company, and chaired both the American… Read More

The American Waterways Operators’ president and CEO, Jennifer Carpenter, released an open letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom on January 30, urging him to withdraw requests to the California Air… Read More

Anticipating efforts by the incoming Trump administration to reverse some of the state’s climate agenda, California has withdrawn its requests to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce emission mandates… Read More

When leaders of the American Waterways Operators (AWO) talk about their journey with the organization, it’s clear the growth and development of the organization has been forged in fire. President… Read More

The American Waterways Operators (AWO) joined with three maritime unions in an urgent letter to Michael Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, asking him to intervene to reject a… Read More

In the past decade, more than 1,100 incidents involving a towing vessel and bridge have been recorded by the Coast Guard’s Maritime Information Exchange (see https://cgmix.uscg.mil/IIR/IIRSearch.aspx). Any… Read More

Education sessions at the 2024 Inland Marine Expo (IMX) will be held on Thursday and Friday, May 30-31, during the trade show. During the first morning of education… Read More

Lynn Muench Lynn Muench, senior vice president of regional advocacy for The American Waterways Operators, is retiring this month after a distinguished 25-year career of service to the… Read More