Keeping mariners safe and eliminating injuries, accidents and pollution incidents are top priorities for AWO and its member companies. Even when preventative measures are in place, however, emergencies and incidents can and do happen.
This webinar, Towing Industry Emergencies and Incidents: Prevention and Response Best Practices, features expert insights on prevention and response best practices for towing industry emergencies and incidents from:
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The members of the American Waterways Operators, the national tugboat, towboat and barge industry association, elected a new slate of leaders earlier this month during the association's annual Spring Convention held in Washington, D.C.
On March 25, AWO Executive Vice President & COO Jennifer Carpenter participated on a Brookings Institute panel on Securing maritime commerce: The U.S. strategic outlook alongside Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA), US Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Operations Vice Admiral Daniel B. Abel and Army Corps of Engineer Chief of Engineers and Commanding General Lieutenant General Todd Semonite. Topics included the importance of the maritime industry to commerce, waterways infrastructure, the maritime industry’s environmental sustainability, and the Jones Act.
AWO Testifies Before Congress on State of the Maritime Industry
WASHINGTON, March 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the American Waterways Operators testified before two congressional committees on the state of the American maritime industry. Tom Allegretti, President & CEO, testified before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee while across the Capitol, Jennifer Carpenter, Executive Vice President & COO, appeared before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
