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.
Viewers of a La Crosse, WI television station learned about the benefits of shipping by barge during an interview with Lee Nelson, President of Upper River Services, LLC of St. Paul, MN. The interview was part of a story that appeared on WXOW - TV about the end of the 2015 “shipping season” on the upper Mississippi. Mr. Nelson took the opportunity to point out that transporting goods by barge was safer, benefitted the environment, and helped to reduce traffic congestion.
