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Jul 2
In The News

NJ Barge Company Sets The Stage For Macy’s Fireworks Show

Since 1976, the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks show have been catching a ride with the same family-owned business. As WCBS 880′s Jim Smith reported, Hughes Brothers, of Edison, New Jersey, has been in the barge business for 120 years and has supplying barges for the fireworks show for the past 38 years. Please click here for the full WCBS story.

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!

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.

 

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