The Passenger Vessel Association (PVA) has sent a letter to President Trump urging him to take immediate action to include U.S. passenger vessel operators in the administration’s plans to provide economic assistance
The Steiner Construction shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Ala. recently delivered the M/V Darrell Hiatt, the first in a series of seven subchapter M compliant towboats that it is building for Metairie,
The impact of the coronavirus outbreak on cruising is not confined to a 30-day halt in CLIA members’ ocean cruises from U.S. ports. American Queen Steamboat Company (AQSC) has announced that it
The Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River between mile markers 115 and 122 after a vessel allided with the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge, Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a March 10, 2019 incident in which the towing vessel Rivers Wilson, with eight crewmembers and pushing six loaded barges, contacted the
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread in the United States and globally, AWO has produced a COVID-19 planning guide as a resource to assist waterways operators in developing and implementing a
Anchorage, Alaska, headquartered Cook Inlet Tug & Barge (CITB), an independently managed subsidiary of Foss Maritime Company, is adding a versatile shallow draft tugboat, the Bristol Wind, to its fleet in mid-April.
Since the publication of Subchapter M, many AWO members have expressed concern with the rule’s requirements to carry three day and three night visual distress signals (e.g. flares) aboard towing vessels on
The American Waterways Operators (AWO) presented a webinar February 25, on “Safety Know-How: Helping Your Crewmembers Embrace and Understand Your TSMS.” Panelists included Cmdr. Jennifer Hnatow, chief of the U.S. Coast Guard’s
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration today announced the availability of $9.5 million in grant funding for the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP). Though both Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao and