The document summarizes American Waterways Operators' 2014 Congressional tours program. Over 120 Congressional members and staff participated in tours of working towboats and barges across 20 U.S. ports between April and September 2014. The tours were hosted by over 30 AWO member companies and aimed to educate policymakers about the tugboat, towboat and barge industry.

1. Advocacy in Action:
2014 Congressional Tours
American Waterways Operators
www.americanwaterways.com

2. Who Came?
2 State Legislators
3 Senators & Members
of Congress
46 U.S. Senate Staff
60 U.S. House Staff

3. Who Hosted and Helped?
Thank You to an Impressive List of AWO Members!
AEP River Operations, American Commercial Lines,
ARTCO, Campbell Transportation, Cook Inlet Tug
and Barge, Crescent Towing, E.N. Bisso & Son,
Economy Boat Store, Foss Maritime, Great Lakes
Group, Hanson Material Service, Hunter Marine,
Ingram Barge, Marathon Petroleum, Marquette
Transportation, McAllister Towing, McNational,
Moran Towing, Parker Towing, Sause Bros., SCF
Marine, Shaver Transportation, Upper Mississippi
Fleeting, Upper River Services, Vane Brothers,
Wepfer Marine, and Western Towboat

4. April 16 - Jacksonville
Moran’s m/v Cathleen E. Moran hosted Congressional staff from
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Bill Nelson, Rep. Ander Crenshaw and
Rep. Ted Yoho

5. April 17 - Seattle
Western Towboat and Foss Maritime hosted Washington State
Senator Jeanne Kohl-Wells and State Representative Gael
Tarleton onboard the m/v Arctic Titan

6. May 15 – New York
The Vane Brothers hosted staff
from the offices of Sens. Cory
Booker, Charles Schumer and
Kirsten Gillibrand onboard the
m/v Quantico Creek

7. May 29 – Mobile
Crescent Towing hosted Congressional staff from the Alabama
offices of Sen. Jeff Sessions and Rep. Bradley Byrne

8. June 11 - Tacoma
Foss Maritime’s m/v Henry Foss hosted a
tugboat tour for Congressional staff from
the office of Sen. Maria Cantwell

9. June 12 – Ohio River
Marathon Petroleum
Company hosted staff
from the offices of Sens.
Rand Paul and Jay
Rockefeller and Reps.
Thomas Massie, Hal
Rogers, Brad Wenstrup
and Shelley Moore Capito
abroad Marathon’s m/v
Kentucky

10. June 13 – Gulfport
E.N. Bisso & Son hosted Congressional staff from the office of
Rep. Steven Palazzo

11. June 19 – Lower Miss
Wepfer Marine, Marquette
Transportation and
Economy Boat Store
hosted Congressional
staffers from the offices of
Sens. Lamar Alexander,
John Boozman and Mark
Pryor and Reps. Rick
Crawford, Steve Womack,
Steve Cohen and Stephen
Fincher

12. June 26 – Portland, Oregon
Sause Bros., Foss Maritime, and Shaver Transportation hosted
Congressional staffers from the Washington offices of Reps.
Jaime Herrera Beutler and Suzanne Bonamici onboard the m/v
Natoma, m/v Pacific Escort and the m/v Sommer S

13. June 27 – Cumberland River
Hunter Marine Transport hosted
Congressional staff from the offices of
Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker
and Reps. Jim Cooper and Diane Black
onboard the 4,200 hp m/v James H.
Hunter

14. June 30 – Mississippi River
Upper Mississippi Fleeting and SCF
Marine hosted Congressional staffers
from the offices of Sen. Richard Durbin
(D-IL) and Reps. Bruce Braley (D-IA)
Dave Loebsack (D-IA) onboard the
1,200 hp m/v Linwood Endeavor

15. July 2 – Ohio River
 Marathon Petroleum Company hosted
Congressman Bill Johnson for a tour on
the Ohio River. AWO members
participating included Fred Nyhuis,
David Earl and Lavelle Edmondson

16. July 7 – St. Louis Harbor
ARTCO hosted Congressional staff from the offices of Sens. Claire
McCaskill and Roy Blunt and Reps. William Lacy Clay, Ann Wagner,
Blaine Luetkemeyer, Bill Enyart and Rodney Davis onboard the m/v
American Pillar

17. July 15 - Anchorage
Cook Inlet Tug and Barge hosted
Congressional staff from the office
of Sen. Mark Begich onboard the
m/v Glacial Wind

18. July 18 –
Monongahela River
Campbell Transportation and
Murray American
Transportation hosted
staffers from the offices of
Sens. Bob Casey and Pat
Toomey and Reps. Mike
Kelly, Keith Rothfus, Bill
Shuster and Bill Johnson
onboard the m/v Carrie Mays

19. July 24 – Charleston, SC
Moran Towing hosted Congressional staffers from the offices of
Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott and Reps. Tom Rice, Mark
Sanford and Trey Gowdy

20. July 28 – Baltimore
McAllister hosted Congressional staffers from the Maryland offices
of Sen. Ben Cardin, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger and Rep. Andy
Harris onboard the m/v Maurania III

21. August 4 –
Black Warrior River
 Parker Towing Company hosted
Congressional staffers from the
offices of Sens. Jeff Sessions and
Richard Shelby on a tour of the Black
Warrior River

22. August 5 – Louisville
ACL hosted staffers from the office
of Sens. Dan Coats (R-IN) and Joe
Donnelly and Reps. Brett Guthrie ,
John Yarmuth and Todd Young
onboard the m/v Jeffboat

23. August 5 – St. Paul
Upper River Services hosted Congressional staffers from the
Minnesota and Wisconsin delegations onboard the 800 hp m/v
White Rock

24. August 7 – Paducah
Ingram Barge Company hosted staffers from
the offices of Sen. Rand Paul and Reps. Ed
Whitfield and John Shimkus onboard the m/v
Joe B. Wyatt

25. August 15 – Chicago
Hanson Material Services and Illinois Marine
Towing hosted Congressional staffers from the
offices of Sen. Dan Coats and Rep. Reid Ribble
and Dan Lipinski aboard the m/v Mallard

26. August 19 – Cincinnati
AEP River Operations and McNational hosted Rep. Thomas Massie
and Congressional staff from several Ohio and Kentucky offices
onboard the 6,000 hp m/v AEP Legacy

27. August 29 – Portsmouth, NH
Moran Towing hosted Sen. Kelly Ayotte onboard the m/v Drum
Point

28. September 5 - Cleveland
The Great Lakes Group
hosted Congressional
staffers from the offices
of Sens. Rob Portman
and Sherrod Brown and
Reps. Bob Gibbs and
Jim Renacci

29. September 17 - Seattle
Western Towboat and Foss Maritime hosted Congressional staff
from the offices of Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Suzan DelBene
onboard Western Towboat’s m/v Hornet and in the Foss shipyard