AWO Pushes for Subchapter M Final Rule by Mid-2014
09/11/13
This article originally appeared on WorkBoat
The American Waterways Operators (AWO) pressed Congress Tuesday to get the long-awaited towing vessel inspection rule published before the current Coast Guard commandant’s watch is over next year.
Coast Guard commandant Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr. was four-year term began in mid-2010.
The rule offers a “historic opportunity to take safety in our industry to a new level,” much like the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA ’90) did for tankers, AWO president Thomas A. Allegretti told the House subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.