Last week, the Transportation Security Administration began nationwide implementation of a highly anticipated program that reforms the unnecessarily burdensome process by which mariners and other transportation workers receive required Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC). The TWIC OneVisit program eliminates the requirement that workers make two trips to a TWIC enrollment center to pick up and then activate their TWIC.
From the Alton Telegraph..."Visitors to Grafton’s Towboat Festival had a chance to get an intimate perspective on tugboats. Mostly anyone who has driven the River Road or sat near the river has seen the powerful vessels at work hurrying cargo barges up and down the Mississippi. Very few of them have actually gotten to see the inside of one." To read the complete article, please click here.
AWO announced today that it joined the SmartWay® Transport Partnership, an innovative collaboration between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and stakeholders in the transportation industry that provides a framework to assess and improve environmental and energy efficiency of goods movement within supply chains. “This program is a natural fit for AWO and our member companies,” said Tom Allegretti, AWO’s President & CEO.
"As we work to grow jobs and the economy, we should always remember the importance of trade and maritime commerce as well as the infrastructure necessary to support it," writes Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) a Washington Times op-ed.
In a press statement, AWO praised the Senate Commerce Committee for the endorsement it gave to S. 2094, a bill that would establish a uniform national framework for the regulation of ballast water and other vessel discharges, by favorably reporting the bill out of committee with strong bipartisan support. “The overwhelming support this legislation received is a testament to the fact that S. 2094 is sound public policy,” said Tom Allegretti, AWO’s President & CEO.
