American Waterways Operators

Jennifer Carpenter to keynote TTB 2025 in Mobile

The highly anticipated Marine Log TTB (Tugs, Towboats & Barges) 2025 Conference will return to Mobile, Ala., on March 25-26, bringing together industry leaders to discuss the latest developments and challenges in tug, towboat, and barge operations. Kicking off the event with a powerful keynote on March 25 is Jennifer Carpenter, President and CEO of the American Waterways Operators (AWO) and President of the American Maritime Partnership.

Carpenter, a leading voice for the inland and coastal...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/jennifer-carpenter-to-keynote-ttb-2025-in-mobile/

Industry makes progress in fight against dangerous CARB DPF requirement

In a major milestone for mariner safety in California, the California Senate Transportation Committee has voted 14-0 in favor of a measure that would prevent the California Air Resources Board (CARB) from enforcing a potentially deadly requirement in its harbor craft regulations. That requirement would force operators to install unproven and uncertified diesel particulate filters (DPF), widely seen as a fire hazard. The U.S. Coast Guard has already said that it won’t enforce the CARB DPF...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/industry-makes-progress-in-fight-against-dangerous-carb-dpf-requirement/

Kelly Teichman elected new AWO chairman of the board

The members of the American Waterways Operators elected a new slate of leaders last week during the association’s Spring Convention and Annual Membership Meeting. Kelly Teichman, executive chairman, T&T Marine, was elected chairman, becoming AWO’s first female chairman of its board and succeeding outgoing chairman Rick Iuliucci, vice president, the Vane Brothers Company.

Patrick Sutton, chief operating officer, American Commercial Barge Line, was elected vice chair and Brian Hughes, vice...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/kelly-teichman-elected-new-awo-chairman-of-the-board/

COLUMN | Like trouble over bridged water [Tug Times]

A National Transportation Safety Board inspector surveys the damaged Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after it was struck by the containership Dali on March 26, 2024. The incident left at least ix people dead.

O say can you see by the dawn’s early light A ship that blacked out, and a bridge no longer in sight (With apologies to Francis Scott Key) I have no desire to trivialise the recent events in Baltimore, because people died and that is a terrible tragedy for their families. We can only be […]

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https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/tug-and-salvage-world/harbour-tugs-and-operation/column-like-trouble-over-bridged-water-tug-times/

Moran tugboat crew honored for rescue efforts

Moran tugboat crew

New Haven, Conn., headquartered Moran Towing and Transportation reports that the crew of its twin-screw Z-drive tug Lynne Moran have been awarded both the United States Coast Guard Public Service Commendation and the American Waterways Operators (AWO) Honor and Excellence in Rescue Operations (HERO) Award.

The awards honor the Moran crew’s response and rescue of two stranded boaters near the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore area on October 25, 2023.

Working with the U.S. Coast Guard and...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/moran-tugboat-crew-honored-for-rescue-efforts/

AWO and Vane Brothers Rick Iuliucci to keynote TTB 2024

Capt. Rick Iuliucci, vice president of Baltimore, Md., based Vane Brothers Company, and American Waterways Operators (AWO) Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the AWO Sustainability Task Force, will keynote Marine Log’s Tugs, Towboats & Barges (TTB) 2024 event on March 6 in Mobile, Ala.

In doing so, Iuliucci will speak on the TTB industry’s unique positioning to lead the global discussion on sustainability, how public policies are needed to maximize sustainability on the waterways, and how...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/awo-and-vane-brothers-rick-iuliucci-to-keynote-ttb-2024/

California legislator has a fix for the flaws in problematic CARB harbor craft regulations

California state assemblymember Dr. Jasmeet Bains (D-Delano) is moving to rectify problems in California Air Resources Board (CARB) harbor craft regulations slammed as “unworkable” and “deeply flawed” by the American Waterways Operators (AWO), even before they went into force. AWO noted that, among other things, the CARB emission regulation mandates engine technology that is not available and is not certified as safe by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Now Dr. Bains has introduced Assembly Bill 1122, which...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/california-legislator-has-a-fix-for-the-flaws-in-problematic-carb-harbor-craft-regulations/

James C. Fowler to lead Crowley Shipping

Crowley has named James C. Fowler senior vice president and general manager of its Crowley Shipping business unit, which serves diverse U.S. and international maritime and logistics sectors.

Fowler, who serves on the board of the American Waterways Operators (AWO), was most recently managing director of marine and stevedoring operations for Cooper Marine and executive vice president for Blakeley BoatWorks, both headquartered in Mobile, Ala.. Cooper Marine’s operations include 22 towing vessels,...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/james-c-fowler-to-lead-crowley-shipping/

AWO elects new leadership slate

The members of the American Waterways Operators elected a new slate of leaders last week during the association’s Spring Board of Directors / Annual Membership Meeting.

Clark Todd, president & chief operating officer of Blessey Marine Services, was elected chairman succeeding Del Wilkins, president of Illinois Marine Towing, Inc.

Rick Iuliucci, vice president of the Vane Brothers Company, was elected vice chairman; and Brian Hughes, vice president operations & sales, Hughes Bros., Inc., was...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/awo-elects-new-leadership-slate/

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