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March 8, 2021 By Frank McCormack The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a serious blow to in-person meetings of all kinds, including RiverWorks Discovery’s popular career discovery event, Who Works The Rivers (WWTR). Before the pandemic, RiverWorks Discovery was ramping up WWTR, holding events in cities large and small and on multiple river systems. High school students by the busload would converge on host ports and terminals to discover the culture, commerce and conservation tied to the nation’s waterways and the maritime industry. But the pandemic brought that to a halt. Now, thanks to a partnership with the Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center (KCWC), Who Works The Rivers is set to go virtual, with an online career education event scheduled for April 14. The free event, which is open to students and RiverWorks Discovery supporters both in Kentucky and throughout the nation, will carry the same goal as the well-known in-person events: to introduce students to the wide range of career paths and rich culture of the maritime industry.
Marine News' Top Boats of 2020 Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. General MacArthur (Photo: Callan Marine) This year, despite innumerable challenges and setbacks, a great number of new U.S.-flagged vessels made their way into service. In addition to Maid of the Mist's new electric tour boats James V. Glynn and Nikola Tesla featured Wednesday, the newbuilds highlighted below are some of the most noteworthy to come out of U.S. shipyards in 2020. Dredger U.S. dredging contractors have been adding tonnage in a big way. This Spring, Callan Marine added a significant piece to the U.S. fleet with its new Jones Act cutterhead suction dredge (CSD)