The U.S. Transportation Department has completed a new version of its National Freight Strategic Plan, which updates the government’s roadmap for modernizing freight transportation and highlights the importance of inland waterways to this national network. 

Rozema Boat Works, Mount Vernon, Wash., held a keel laying ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard's Special Purpose Craft – Heavy Weather 2^nd Generation (SPC-HWX II) on July 8, for the first vessel in the program.