Attackers of the Jones Act have a bad habit of ignoring the inland waterways and considering only blue-water indicators of its success. They point to the shrinkage of the… Read More
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Transportation Institute (TI), a leading maritime association that advocates and works for sound national maritime policy in the United States, announced a 30 percent increase in… Read More
Editor’s note: Austin Golding, president of Golding Barge Line, testified March 6 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on the state of the maritime industry. Read More
Washington, D.C.—Members of the waterways industry expressed disappointment over President Donald Trump’s $4.7 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2020, singling out its calls for a 31 percent funding… Read More
Washington, D.C.—A much-anticipated hearing by a key House committee that helps control the fate of any congressional infrastructure package displayed the bipartisan interest that the topic generates in Congress… Read More
Washington, D.C.—With the longest government shutdown in history over, attention turned to 17 lawmakers charged with coming up with a compromise on border security and preventing another funding lapse. Read More
Every year at this time, The Waterways Journal asks leading experts and players in the barge industry and among its major customers to speak about the opportunities and challenges… Read More
The U.S. merchant marine has always enjoyed bipartisan support. It’s also the case, however, that its opponents have come from across the ideological spectrum. Prominent among them are the… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on December 7 to hear a maritime law case that could have important financial implications for marine companies. The case, Batterton v. Dutra Group,… 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… Read More
