We Work the Waterways relaunches as standalone nonprofit

Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals Inc. (IRPT) and We Work the Waterways (WWW) announced a major milestone last week in their shared mission to grow and support the future maritime workforce.  Although We Work the Waterways was officially established as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization affiliated with IRPT in April 2024, it will begin operating independently as a standalone 501(c)(3) organization on June 1, 2025.  

IRPT, the national trade association for inland ports, terminals and waterway...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/we-work-the-waterways-relaunches-as-standalone-nonprofit/

Op-Ed: IRPT takes its own pulse on cybersecurity

by James A. Kearns, Jones Walker LLP

For cyber bad actors, especially those for whom ransomware is just another business model, no target is too small. This flies in the face of frequently seen, front-page discussions of cybersecurity for maritime facilities, which typically cite examples of cyberattacks on large infrastructure elements, such as the highly publicized breach of Colonial Pipeline’s network. Strikes on smaller infrastructure components, however, including last year’s ransomware...

https://www.marinelog.com/perspectives/op-eds/op-ed-irpt-takes-its-own-pulse-on-cybersecurity/