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4/18/2013
A San Diego-based air crew medically evacuated a
46-year-old crewman from a bulk carrier ship 300 miles from San Diego on Tuesday.
4/18/2013
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Ranking Member Nick J. Rahall, II
(D-WV) announced the members of a special panel tasked with
examining the current state of U.S. freight transportation.
4/18/2013
Barge
operators canvassed Capitol Hill this week asking Congress to raise the taxes
that they pay on diesel fuel in order to beef up spending on the nation’s
crumbling inland navigation infrastructure.
4/16/2013
USGS to Receive New Great Lakes Research Vessel
Ann Arbor, Mich. – The U.S. Geological Survey awarded a contract last
Friday for the construction of a large research vessel for Lakes Huron,
Michigan, and Superior to Burger Boat Company of Manitowoc, Wis.
The vessel will replace the 38-year-old Gra
4/16/2013
Washington State's Newest Ferry Makes Its Inaugural Voyage Overland
GRAND COULEE, WA - April 16, 2013 - Eleven
prefabricated vessel modules were successfully transported overland from Foss
Maritime's Rainier Shipyard in Rainier, Ore. to an assembly yard in Grand
Coulee, Wa.
Partnering with Washing
4/16/2013
Three WorkBoat Questions for Miki G. Rieth
Senior Editor Ken Hocke talks to Miki G. Rieth, vice president, corporate development, for ES&H after both played in the Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) Golf Tournament in Mandeville, La. ES&H specializes in helping companies prevent and clean
By David Krapf, Editor
4/16/2013
The Maritime Administration has $9.4 million available in its Small Shipyard Grant Program.
4/15/2013
Obama’s budget would cut Corps budget, impose user fees on the inland waterways industry.
4/11/2013
The $370 million channel deepening
project at the Port of Los Angeles has been completed.
4/11/2013
Waterways Council comes out in support of waterways bills introduced by Illinois senators.
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