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Jul 27
In The News

A Look Inside the Towboat World

From the Alton Telegraph..."Visitors to Grafton’s Towboat Festival had a chance to get an intimate perspective on tugboats. Mostly anyone who has driven the River Road or sat near the river has seen the powerful vessels at work hurrying cargo barges up and down the Mississippi. Very few of them have actually gotten to see the inside of one." To read the complete article, please click here.

Jul 3
In The News

Collateral Impact Of The EPA's Proposed Carbon Rule: Barge Companies Are Already Adapting

Historically, the nation's barges have transported much of the nation's coal. In fact, barges are second only behind rail for moving the nation's primary energy source to the power plants that use it. But in June, the EPA put out a new rule to cut carbon emissions by thirty percent by 2030. The rule's impact on power plants is direct. But what about the impact on the barge industry?  Please click here for the full KCRU story.

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.

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