Loss of situational awareness has been cited as the cause of numerous accidents in the maritime industry and can result from a variety of factors, including fatigue, miscommunication, use of medications or illegal substances, social stress and more. Anything that is a distraction to a crewmember can diminish situational awareness.
AWO recently held a webinar to mark the end of the first year of Subchapter M implementation, featuring officials from the Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance. Together, the Coast Guard and AWO members held a facilitated discussion to reflect on our collective successes in implementing the new rule, consider important implementation and enforcement-related issues, and identify opportunities for improvement in the second year of the COI phase-in period.
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:
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.
