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 waterways industry, 23 of… Read More
Jennifer Carpenter
Last year at the Inland Marine Expo (IMX), The Waterways Journal presented the annual IMX Achievement Award posthumously to the late Mike Rushing, founder of Rushing Marine Service and a… Read More
In the latest episode of what is shaping up as a major showdown between state and federal regulators, the U.S. Coast Guard has notified the state of California that it… Read More
Each year, when The Waterways Journal asks leaders in the inland waterways industry about the challenges and opportunities of the coming year, perennial issues recur: how to sustainably finance locks… Read More
The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), a broad coalition of maritime industry interests dedicated to maintaining the Jones Act’s requirement of U.S.-built, U.S.-owned and U.S.-crewed vessels transporting goods or passengers within… Read More
Marine Money International hosted its second annual Marine Finance Forum in New Orleans on November 30, with present operations and future needs of the inland waterways of the United States… Read More
The Jones Act is once again being targeted by its enemies in the wake of a series of setbacks facing the wind industry. The Danish company Ørsted, the world’s largest… Read More
On January 1 of this year, the final version of the California Harbor Craft emissions rule issued by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) took effect. It gave operators of… Read More
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is expanding its Commercial Harbor Craft rule to all marine vessels (except fishing vessels) to reduce particulate matter (PM)—i.e., soot—emissions. The only way commercial… Read More
The American Waterways Operators released a new video July 11 that highlights the tugboat, towboat and barge industry’s sustainability leadership and its commitment to protecting the environment. The two-minute video, “The… Read More
