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SCI Promotes New Advocacy Center, Website Phil Schifflin Jr. is the Seamen’s Church Institute’s director of the newly developed Center for Maritime Advocacy, housed in New Orleans, La. The center replaces the Center for Seafarer Rights, which was previously housed in Port Newark, N.J. The new center is designed to assist both brown-water and blue-water mariners. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

Phil Schifflin Jr. is the Seamen’s Church Institute’s director of the newly developed Center for Maritime Advocacy, housed in New Orleans, La. The center replaces the Center for Seafarer Rights, which was previously housed in Port Newark, N.J. The new center is designed to assist both brown-water and blue-water mariners. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

SCI Promotes New Advocacy Center, Website

January 22, 2021

As it moves into 2021, the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has repositioned its legal advocacy arm and updated its website to better serve brown-water mariners. Following the retirement of Doug… Read More

WRDA Included In Massive Funding Package Washington Waves

WRDA Included In Massive Funding Package

December 23, 2020

Washington, D.C.—Escaping a “chopping block,” the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA 2020) made it into a massive package Congress passed to fund the government and provide coronavirus relief to the… Read More

As Coronavirus Surges, Leaders Work On Relief Package Washington Waves

As Coronavirus Surges, Leaders Work On Relief Package

December 4, 2020

Washington, D.C.—With coronavirus cases surging across the nation, the White House, congressional leaders and others stepped up efforts on another relief package. “I think right now the focus is making… Read More

Xavier University of Louisiana, U.S. Coast Guard Sign Partnership Agreement

November 30, 2020

Representatives from Xavier University of Louisiana and the U.S. Coast Guard met October 2 to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) supporting outreach and engagement efforts between the New Orleans-based… Read More

31 Charged In Score-Fixing Scheme At Coast Guard Exam Center

November 25, 2020

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana has announced indictments for 31 people connected to an alleged test score-fixing enterprise at a U.S. Coast Guard exam center… Read More

Hurricane Zeta Batters Southeast Louisiana

October 30, 2020

Hurricane Zeta made landfall close to 4 p.m. October 28 near the south Louisiana town of Cocodrie with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph., just short of reaching Category 3… Read More

IMX Panel Looks At Subchapter M Lessons Learned

October 23, 2020

A team of regulatory experts from across the maritime industry gathered for the virtual Inland Marine Expo 2020 to discuss lessons learned over the first two years of Subchapter M. Read More

IMX Sessions Focus On Future Of Propulsion

October 16, 2020

With a look toward the future, participants in the virtual Inland Marine Expo (IMX) sponsored by The Waterways Journal September 29-October 1 talked about innovations in propulsion and held a… Read More

Continuing Resolution Keeps Government Running Until December Washington Waves

Continuing Resolution Keeps Government Running Until December

October 2, 2020

Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump signed into law a stopgap spending bill to keep federal agencies funded through December 11 and avoid a government shutdown. With only hours left in fiscal… Read More

Officials Celebrate Columbia Jetty Rehabilitation

September 8, 2020

Three members of Congress and lots of heavy equipment joined members of the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association, Corps of Engineers and U.S. Coast Guard leaders August 31 to celebrate the… Read More