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Feb 26
In The News

NJ Playing Blame Game Over Road Salt Shortage

AWO's President & CEO Tom Allegretti weighs in with an op-ed in the Star-Ledger on the domestic maritime's efforts to aid in New Jersey's road salt crisis and domestic maritime's importance to the state and to the nation. To read the full op-ed, please click here.

Feb 21
In The News

Tugboats Are the Little Engines That Can

Great article from the Seattle Times - "Without them, billions of dollars of goods would be stuck offshore. Without them, there would be no need for any of the people who work in maritime shipping and logistics, a sector that directly employs 16,700 people statewide." Click here for the full story!

Feb 14
Press Release

DePaul University Study Underscores Uncertainty of GLMRIS Report Options

CHICAGO – Last week, DePaul University’s Professor Joseph P. Schwieterman, Director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, released a report offering perspective on the costs and benefits associated with the structural alternatives explored in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) Report released on January 4.

Jan 26
In The News

Craftsman Goes from Piloting Vessels to Building Them

Houma resident Mark Duplantis has spent his life surrounded by boats.For decades, he worked on towboats, pushing barges up and down the Mississippi River. Today, he builds models of those same boats for customers across the country. To read the entire Houma Today story, please click here.

 

Jan 6
Press Release

Nation’s Vessel Operators Urge Comprehensive, Common-Sense Approach to Fighting Invasive Species in the Great Lakes

Responding to the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study report released today by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, American Waterways Operators President & CEO Tom Allegretti reiterated the tugboat, towboat and barge industry’s understanding of the need to prevent the movement of invasive species, including Asian carp, between the two watersheds by utilizing a comprehensive set of science-based control measures that protect the free flow of waterborne commerce that is vital to the regional and national economies.

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