Washington, D.C.—The House easily approved a stopgap measure to continue funding the federal government through December 11 and extend surface transportation and national flood insurance programs for a full year… Read More
Merchant Mariner credential
In what the American Waterways Operators called a “commonsense, deregulatory win for towing vessels and mariners,” the Coast Guard issued a final rule May 27 that allows a mariner to… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is working on legislation to give the Maritime Administration (MarAd) specific emergency authority to provide financial relief… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump proclaimed May 22 as National Maritime Day, paying tribute to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II as well as today’s citizen mariners. Noting the 75th… Read More
After an extensive consultative process with the inland waterways industry, the Coast Guard is proposing to amend the requirements regulating personnel permitted to serve as a person in charge (PIC)… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. House began floor action on its first “minibus” spending bill of the fiscal year 2020 appropriations cycle that includes $7.36 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers,… Read More
Washington, D.C.—A key House committee approved a bipartisan bill its sponsors say will unlock billions of tax dollars in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and invest in the nation’s ports… Read More
An update message from the National Maritime center is warning mariners that when they apply for Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), they must list their occupation as Merchant Mariner. “Personal… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Federal agencies that impact the maritime industry such as the departments of Homeland Security and Transportation joined those that failed to receive their fiscal year 2019 funding under the… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump signed a minibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2019, citing its roughly $7 billion for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to address “crumbling ports and… Read More
