The American Waterways Operators, the national trade association representing the tugboat, towboat and barge industry, praised yesterday’s Senate introduction of a bill calling for the enactment of a uniform national standard for the regulation of ballast water and other vessel discharges, legislation widely viewed as essential to ending the existing confusing, costly and ineffective patchwork of state and federal rules. To read the full statement, please click here.
On March 4, in testimony before the Coast Guard Maritime Transportation Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Tom Allegretti, President & CEO of The American Waterways Operators, urged Congress to enact a uniform national standard for ballast water and other vessel discharges to end a patchwork of federal and state regulations that is counterproductive to enhanced environmental protection, confusing and costly for vessel owners, and inefficient for state and federal agencies.
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.
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!
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.
