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Alan Bernstein, owner of BB Riverboats in Cincinnati, is a licensed master and a former president of the Passenger Vessel Association. He can be reached at 859-292-2449 or [email protected].

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No man is an island

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The Belle of Cincinnati. BB Riverboats photo

Sharing our nation’s waterways safely

Passenger vessel operators are faced with a dearth of licensed mariners. David Krapf photo

Where are all the workers?

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The Belle of Cincinnati. Photo courtesy of BB Riverboats

Should we be optimistic about 2021?

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A reluctant participant in the virtual world

USCG conducts passenger vessel inspections in Long Beach harbor
Ensign Patricia Carrow, a Coast Guard vessel inspector, examines a passenger vessel's operational, mechanical, and safety systems during an annual inspection in Long Beach, Calif. on Dec. 7, 2016. The Coast Guard inspects every operating passenger vessel for safety and regulation standards annually. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrea Anderson)

Coast Guard’s new risk tool concerns passenger vessel operators

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Getting past Covid: A cry for normality

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Passenger vessel companies have been harder hit in 2020 than any other sector of the workboat industry. Shepler's photo

Hope for the maritime industry in the New Year

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The Belle of Cincinnati. BB Riverboats photo

2020: Good riddance

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The United States has hundreds of small shipyards operating along its coasts, rivers, and inland waterways, collectively employing tens of thousands of workers and handling the majority of the nation's commercial vessel repairs, fishing fleet maintenance, and small-craft construction. Shutterstock photo.
June 13, 2026

More funding needed amid strong demand for Small Shipyard Grants

View from the starboard bow of the STAX 1 showing the damaged emission capture boom lying on top of the control room and across the deck. Coast Guard photo.
June 12, 2026

NTSB: Crane operator had inadequate clearance, struck STAX 1 emissions barge

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June 12, 2026

Great Lakes iron ore trade up, limestone down

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June 12, 2026

Veth Propulsion unveils new contra-rotating propulsion system

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