With the federal government shutdown drawing to a close and funding restored for federal agencies, the National Maritime Center (NMC) and its regional examination centers (RECs) are beginning to resume… Read More
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The United States Coast Guard is extending deadlines for licenses and other credentials due to the federal government shutdown. The National Maritime Center and all regional examination centers… Read More
The government shutdown entered the record books as the longest in U.S. history with, at least initially, no end in sight. President Donald Trump met with Republican senators… Read More
Members of a Senate panel hoping to help revive the U.S. maritime industry and at the same time challenge China’s adversarial record heard recommendations ranging from passing legislation tracking… Read More
Stephen Carmel, nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration, told a key Senate committee that his generation cannot stand on the sidelines… Read More
October 17, 2025 The government shutdown marked its third week without much fuss, which suggests it might be on its way to take over the 35-day record shutdown set by… Read More
Reactions from waterway-relevant federal agencies to the current government shutdown have ranged from withholding updates to websites to shutting down offices. “Due to a lapse in federal… Read More
It’s been nearly seven years since the last government shutdown. That one, which spanned 35 days at the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, was the longest… Read More
Assistant Army Secretary for Civil Works Adam Telle told a key Senate committee he could not give a date on providing a plan to implement provisions in Water Resources… Read More
Seldom has a single date loomed with more menace to commerce than September 30. By chance or coincidence, it contains a triple deadline. That’s the deadline for… Read More
