As featured on WorkBoat.com, writer and reporter, Kathy Bergen Smith, shares an update on the implementation of Subchapter M regulations. This includes information shared by the U.S. Coast, American Waterways Operators (AWO), the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), and many others, at MITAGS’ Subchapter M Conference last month.
Read the full article here: https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/subchapter-m/.
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