Tankerman-PIC Archives - The Waterways Journal

‘Goldilocks’ Regulations Require Close Relationships

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‘Goldilocks’ Regulations Require Close Relationships

June 5, 2020

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

WWII Merchant Mariners Honored With Congressional Gold Medal Washington Waves

WWII Merchant Mariners Honored With Congressional Gold Medal

May 29, 2020

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

Coast Guard Proposes Change In Tankerman Rule

August 16, 2019

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