The American Maritime Partnership honored U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) with the 2016 Champion of Maritime Award for her long-standing support of the American Maritime industry in her work on the Senate Armed Services Committee and as a Ranking Member of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Energy. Read the full announcement here.
The Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has released a study concluding that there is no scientific data to support work hour changes for towing vessel crewmembers. Read the full press release here.
A bi-partisan Congressional group sent a letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army-Civil Works, Jo-Ellen Darcy, opposing proposed revisions to the Missouri River Master Manual. Read the press release here.
