This past week, the Corn Belt Ports and We Work the Waterways announced their participation in the Corn Belt Ports Rural Maritime and Logistics Training and Education Consortium,… Read More
Maritime Action Plan
Aimee Andres, executive director of Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals Inc. (IRPT) detailed the organization’s history, accomplishments and priorities for the future at the April 8 Paducah Propeller… Read More
The Trump administration’s proposed Commercial Shipbuilding Infrastructure Development Program is a new $250 million initiative in President Donald Trump’s FY 2027 budget request, aimed at modernizing U.S. shipyard… Read More
Vanderbilt University is performing a study funded by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) that updates previous research on inland river propulsion systems. Titled the Inland River Energy Review, Dr. Read More
Oil companies have a well-thumbed playbook. Every time a weather event or international incident spooks the oil markets, they bring up the Jones Act to scare the American public. They… Read More
By Dave Matsuda, Small Shipyard Grant Coalition Congress delivered big for the Small Shipyard Grant Program in its Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations, with $35 million available — the most since… Read More
The White House released its Maritime Action Plan on February 13, fulfilling an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on April 19 of last year. It is designed to… Read More
