American Waterways Operators

Asian carp raises fear and loathing on Great Lakes
AP Online; 12/10/2009; 1290 words; ...shipping locks on a waterway that links the lakes...Conder, a charter boat operator on Michigan's St...hooks. Also, most Americans would much rather eat...Canal, part of the waterway linking the Mississippi...and other cargo on the waterway. Even if a few Asian...

PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCES INTENT TO NOMINATE MICHAEL KHOURI AS MEMBER OF FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/9/2009; 479 words; ...at MERS, Mr. Khouri spent 23 years at American Commercial Lines, a major inland marine...served on the Boards of Directors of the American Waterways Operators Association and the Waterways Council, Inc. He received his B.A...

Kennedy calls mountaintop removal mining a crime
AP Online; 12/8/2009; 1333 words; ...said Monday that if the American people could see it, there...that are so much a part of American culture," the environmental...intermittent streams. Coal operators say it's the most efficient...kilowatt hour, he said, Americans pay the price elsewhere...mercury contamination of ...

United States : United States: City software firm eyes US.
TendersInfo; 12/7/2009; 828 words; ...existing contracts and strike new deals with operators on the Mississippi River and its tributaries...of the fleet works the massive inland waterway that ferries billions of dollars worth...goods and commodities in and out of the American heartland. EDOC already has U.S...

Decision soon on closing lock to stop Asian carp
AP Online; 12/4/2009; 1100 words; ...temporarily close a vital Chicago area shipping waterway in an increasingly desperate bid to stop the invasive...ore, coal, grain, salts and other goods. The American Waterways Operators, a trade group representing the tug and barge...