After an extensive consultative process with the inland waterways industry, the Coast Guard is proposing to amend the requirements regulating personnel permitted to serve as a person in charge (PIC)… Read More
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For several years now, the biggest ongoing news for our industry has been the implementation of Subchapter M. The preparation for it took about 10 years. One year into the… Read More
As expected, Corps commanding general Todd Semonite signed the Chief’s Report on the Brandon Road Recommended Plan for an array of carp-fighting measures and sent the proposal to Congress. As… Read More
The members of The American Waterways Operators (AWO) elected a new slate of leaders earlier this month during the association’s annual Spring Convention held in Washington, D.C. Scott Merritt, former chief operating officer… Read More
Walter Blessey Jr., chairman of Blessey Marine Services Inc., received the Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award during the spring convention of The American Waterways Operators (AWO) in Washington, D.C.,… Read More
On December 28, the U.S. Coast Guard announced that it had increased the random drug testing rate that marine employers are required to perform on inland and other vessel employees… Read More
In a year filled with legislative and regulatory victories for the barge industry, the landmark bipartisan passage and signing of the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA, sometimes also known as… Read More
After years of further input from local stakeholders and some controversial delays, the Rock Island Engineer District released its long-awaited final preferred plan for countering the threat of migrating Asian… Read More
During its recent 2018 Fall Convention in Houston, Texas, the members of The American Waterways Operators (AWO) heard from AWO Chairman Tom Marian, general counsel at Buffalo Marine Service Inc.,… Read More
The American Waterways Operators (AWO) released a new safety tool for mariners on October 22. The resource, called the “Developing a Fatigue Risk Management Plan: A Guide for Towing Vessel… Read More
