WASHINGTON, DC - As part of its continued effort to help educate audiences about the inland waterways’ connection to agriculture, to the labor community, to freight shippers, to the Corps of Engineers, and to building communities, Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) has produced a series of short videos.…
Read More View PDFWashington, DC – Peter Stephaich, Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) Chairman of the Board, and Chairman of Campbell Transportation Company in Pittsburgh, PA, testified today before the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee on “The…
Read More View PDFWashington, DC – Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) reacted to the Trump Administration’s release of an outline of its top-line FY20 budget numbers yesterday. Today, the Corps of Engineers released its account and project-specific funding levels. For the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’…
Read More View PDFWashington, DC—On February 12, 2019, Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) received Waterways Council, Inc.'s (WCI) 18th Annual Leadership Service Award for her continual championing of ports and inland waterways. She was presented the award by Wade Beasley, Business Representative, Carpenters Local…
Read More View PDFWashington, DC – Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) has promoted Tracy R. Zea to Vice PresidentGovernment Relations, from Director-Government Relations, a position he had held since August 2015. Mr. Zea advocates for WCI’s goals for authorizations and appropriations which support a modern, efficient,…
Read More View PDFWashington DC – As its Annual Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting in Chicago on November 14, 2018, Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) elected Directors for a Three-Year Term ending November 2021 as follows: Ohio Valley Region Bruce McGinnis, McNational, Inc., South Point, OH Mississippi…
Read More View PDFWashington DC – As its Annual Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting in Chicago on November 14, 2018, Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) named Peter H. Stephaich, Chairman and CEO of Campbell Transportation Company, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA), as its Chairman of the Board. Mr. Stephaich succeeds Tim Parker,…
Read More View PDFWashington, DC – Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) today commended the Senate for its overwhelming approval (by a vote of 99-1) of S. 3021 (115), America's Water Infrastructure Act, which includes the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018 that authorizes Corps of Engineers' work on…
Read More View PDFWashington, DC – Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) offers its thoughts on recent developments related to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as follows: Corps’ FY18 Work Plan Today, the Corps of Engineers released its plan for allocating funding from the FY18 Omnibus Appropriations…
Read More View PDFWashington, DC – Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) praised today’s passage in the House of the FY2018 Omnibus Appropriations bill by a vote of 256-167. The bill includes record funding for the Corps of Engineers in the FY2018 Energy & Water Development appropriations bill. The level…
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