Today, the American Waterways Operators celebrates its 70th anniversary as a trade association, founded on May 20, 1944, to advocate for towboat and barge operators in response to changing national transportation needs and the new regulatory climate emerging during World War II. The association has grown into a national organization representing tugboat, towboat and barge operators on the inland waterways, along the coasts, on the Great Lakes, and in ports and harbors around the country.
On behalf of the nation’s tugboat, towboat and barge operators, AWO President & CEO Tom Allegretti issued the following statement praising House and Senate leaders for their hard work in forging critically needed waterways infrastructure legislation and urged Congress to quickly pass the Water Resources Reform and Development Act and send it to the President to be signed into law. Please click here to read the full release.
American Maritime Partnership Chairman and AWO President & CEO Tom Allegretti responds to unfounded Jones Act criticisms in this San Antonio Express-News op-ed.
There’s a better way to keep Puget Sound bodies of water clean than by creating a no-discharge zone, writes guest columnist Bob Edwards in this Seattle Times op-ed.
