Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association

It was a great education and advocacy trip to Washington, DC with members of the AIWA Board. We met with 12 Congressional Offices in the Senate and House and both sides of the aisles. Operations and Maintenance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway is a bipartisan and bicameral issue and our reps agree! We advocated for strong funding, continued project management staffing, and supporting District and Division offices. It takes money, people, and collaboration to maintain Marine Highway 95 and our Congressional partners are supportive of our needs. Grateful to start our 26th year as the Unified Voice of the Waterway! Thank you to everyone who participated!

Thank you to our partners at BoatUS Foundation for the AIWA 25th annual meeting recap. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/g3MbYUYx.

Thank you Cross State Towing Company, BoatU.S. and Trimble for your support of the AIWA 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting next week on November 18-20, 2024 in Charleston, SC.?Join waterway stakeholders to celebrate the AIWA 25th Anniversary with speakers from Headquarters, North and South Atlantic Division and each District along the waterway for the USACE, and Captain of USCG Sector Charleston. https://lnkd.in/giRWAGrd

Thank you Arc Surveying and Mapping, Inc., Moffatt & Nichol, and Taylor Engineering, Inc. for supporting the AIWA 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting beginning November 18-20, 2024 in Charleston, SC.?Waterway stakeholders will celebrate our collective success of advocacy efforts over the past 25 years which has led to the reduction of the AIWW maintenance dredging backlog by over $60 million since 2016. Waterway projects have been conducted in every state along the AIWW since 2018 and new work was executed in 2024. View the program at https://lnkd.in/giRWAGrd.

Thank you Cross State Towing Company, BoatU.S. and Trimble for your support of the AIWA 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting next week on November 18-20, 2024 in Charleston, SC.?Join waterway stakeholders to celebrate the AIWA 25th Anniversary with speakers from Headquarters, North and South Atlantic Division and each District along the waterway for the USACE, and Captain of USCG Sector Charleston. https://lnkd.in/giRWAGrd

Thank you Cottrell Contracting Corporation and Kokosing Industrial Marine Division for your unwavering support of the AIWA 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting. Join fellow waterway stakeholders and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Coast Guard, Maritime Administration of the USDOT, NOAA Office of Coast Survey, state and local government agencies on November 18-20, 2024 in Charleston, SC.?https://lnkd.in/giRWAGrd

Thank you Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, our welcome reception sponsor, at the AIWA 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting on November?18-20, 2024 in Charleston, SC. The 25th anniversary program includes presentations from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Coast Guard, Maritime Administration of the USDOT, NOAA Office of Coast Survey, along with state and local government agencies, and waterway stakeholders. There is still time to register at https://lnkd.in/giRWAGrd.

We are pleased to announce the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) as the Platinum Event Sponsor for the AIWA 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting on November?18-20, 2024 in Charleston, SC. As a charter member of the association, we honor FIND's decades-long commitment to AIWA's mission to secure funding and support for maintenance?of the Atlantic intracoastal waterway. Join FIND's executive director, Janet Zimmerman, to celebrate?AIWA's 25th Anniversary next week in Charleston. Our program includes presentations from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Coast Guard, Maritime Administration of the USDOT, NOAA Office of Coast Survey, along with state and local government agencies, and waterway stakeholders.?Register: https://lnkd.in/giRWAGrd.

We want to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors for our 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Charleston, SC on November 18-20. We wouldn’t be successful without your support. More information is available at https://lnkd.in/giRWAGrd Janet Zimmerman Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC Cottrell Contracting Corporation Kokosing BoatUS Trimble Inc. Taylor Engineering Moffatt & Nichol Arc Surveying & Mapping, Inc National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) McDonough Marine Service American Cruise Lines

Two weeks to go until our 25th Anniversary Meeting in Charleston, SC. Our agenda is complete and is the best one we have had in the 12 years I have been in this role. It’s a can’t miss event if you work with USACE, USCG, NOAA or MARAD on navigation issues. We will have multiple presentations helping to guide our actions for the next 25 years. Topics include a State of the Waterway update from two USACE divisions and six Districts; and discussions on bridges and waterway closures, dredging and beneficial use of dredged material, and waterway encroachments and access. Join us and help us shape the future. Learn more on our conference web page: https://lnkd.in/giRWAGrd