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Maritime Groups Pleased with WRDA 2020 Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. © Michael / Adobe Stock It was an odd legislative journey, but ultimately one with a happy ending. That’s one way to sum up the rather tortuous process that led to the passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA). For the first time WRDA (usually reauthorized every two years) was not enacted as its own legislative bill. This time it was rolled into the massive government 2021 omnibus budget bill, the ‘‘Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,’’ signed into law on December 27. Still, the WRDA text ...

Maritime Infrastructure Coalition Applauds Passage Of WRDA 2020 Members of the Maritime Infrastructure Coalition issued the following statements applauding House and Senate passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 within the Omnibus spending package and urged President Trump to sign the package into law. The coalition brings together waterway users to advocate for a modern national maritime infrastructure system that can reliably serve the waterborne transportation needs of a broad array of users while ensuring safe, reliable and environmentally sustainable waterways. “AAPA is...

The American Association of Port Authorities together with a host of maritime transportation entities are asking for $3.5 bn in COVID-19 relief funding.