BY DAVE MATSUDA With Election Day behind us, changes are on the horizon for America’s maritime industry. It is inevitable that some federal priorities will change with any… Read More
COVID-19
The Port of Paducah Propeller Club has canceled its 2020 River Industry Christmas Event due to COVID-19. “We held off our decision as long as possible in… Read More
The new administration’s infrastructure priorities will become clearer over the next few weeks and months. We hope that ports and waterways are given more than lip service in… Read More
The availability and effectiveness of a vaccine for COVID-19 will be the single biggest factor driving any economic recovery in the coming months. That was the opening message… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Top leaders from both sides of the U.S. Capitol remained optimistic they will reach a full-year funding deal for the government as members of the waterways industry… Read More
Health experts have been warning about a second wave of the coronavirus for months, and now it is here. The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918–19 lasted about 18… Read More
The National Waterways Conference (NWC) celebrated its 60th anniversary November 9-10 with a virtual annual meeting focused on connecting members with the government leaders and elected officials making federal… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) put passage of another coronavirus rescue package at the top of his must-do legislative list for the upcoming lame duck session of… Read More
Reduced demand from the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions combined with hurricanes to drop barge utilization rates and lower inland revenues by 22 percent, Kirby Corporation announced as it released… Read More
Although its long-term decline might be interrupted by temporary spikes, thermal coal in the U.S. appears to be on the way out. On September 29, a federal judge upheld… Read More
