Issue / Ports
House Panel Gives $546M Boost to Water Resources Appropriations
Jun 24, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe House Appropriations Committee has released a draft bill that increases the regular budget for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers'...
Biden Signs Ocean Shipping Reform Bill
Jun 17, 2022 | Jeff DavisYesterday, President Biden signed into law a bipartisan bill (S. 3580) amending federal laws relating to ocean shipping. The Senate...
House Passes Mammoth Water Resources Authorization by Wide Margin
Jun 10, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives passed legislation this week authorizing the federal government to commit $19 billion towards building a...
US Inland Waterways’ Role in a Global Marketplace
May 27, 2022 | Katie DonahueThe United States’ inland waterway system is made up of roughly 12,000 miles of rivers and 237 lock chambers at 192 different...
Senate Confirms Cliff, Coes; Biden Appoints New Port/Supply Envoy
May 27, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe Senate this week cleared two more pending nominees by President Biden to senior positions in the Department of Transportation: ...
How Does U.S. Waterways Competitiveness Stack Up in World Terms?
May 24, 2022 | Paul Lewis"Examining other countries reveals the significant advantages that the U.S. inland waterway system brings to exporters, the...
House, Senate Advance WRDA Bills Authorizing $31B Texas Megaproject
May 19, 2022 | Jeff DavisThis week, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Army Corps of...
Webinar: Waterborne Competitiveness: Comparing U.S. and Foreign Inland Waterways
Jun 07, 2022 | Madeline GormanThe 12,000-mile inland waterways network in the United States is a vital trade corridor serving energy, agriculture, and other freight...
Administration Again Proposes Unlikely Cuts in Corps Water Resources Budget
Apr 01, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe Biden Administration has proposed cutting the regular annual budget for the water resources program of the U.S. Army Corps of...
Senate Passes Ocean Shipping Bill; Path to Reconciling With House Bill Unclear
Apr 01, 2022 | Jeff DavisYesterday, the Senate passed legislation (S. 3580) reauthorizing the Federal Maritime Commission and making changes in ocean shipping...
What’s in the FY22 Omnibus: Water Resources Funding
Mar 11, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe just-passed fiscal year 2022 omnibus appropriations bill contains $8.3 billion in funding for the civil works (a.k.a. water...
Webinar: The Emerging Future of Supply Chains
Mar 09, 2022 | Madeline GormanMany of the goods imported into the U.S. rely on intricate, finely-tuned, international supply chains. When the COVID-19 pandemic...