By Patrick Loch The St. Paul Engineer District was selected as the winner of the 2018 Chief of Engineers Safety Award of Excellence-District Category, the district announced recently. Selected among… Read More
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“In today’s industry, safety permeates everything we do—it is fundamental to who we are.” That message, delivered by AWO President Thomas Allegretti at The American Waterways Operators’ 2019 Summer Safety… Read More
Palmer Johnson Power Systems, Sun Prairie, Wis., recently announced partnerships with two new manufacturers and reached an important workplace safety achievement. Palmer Johnson Power Systems is a leading distributor and… Read More
Even as some locks on the Upper Mississippi River are tentatively scheduled to reopen in early April, fresh snowmelt and high water may extend their closures further. The Upper Mississippi… Read More
This year’s high-water season is increasing attention on barge safety. One particular incident, reported in the March 25 Waterways Journal, especially caught the notice of Patrick Dever, founder and owner… Read More
Maritime classification society ABS announced January 24 that it has recorded zero lost time work-related incidents for the second year in a row. The Lost Time Incident Rate has remained… Read More
The American Waterways Operators (AWO) released a new safety tool for mariners on October 22. The resource, called the “Developing a Fatigue Risk Management Plan: A Guide for Towing Vessel… Read More
In his 26 years of inland river industry experience, the one thing that Charles Latham said has changed the most about the fleeting and harbor sector is safety, while many… Read More
The second annual Maritime Throwdown rocked the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, La., October 13, with a total of 14 mariners from as far as West Virginia competing in a… Read More
Lt. Cmdr. Takila Powell has been with the Coast Guard since 2002. Before she arrived back in the Investigations Department of District 8 in New Orleans in June (where she… Read More
