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While waterways operators could also be enjoyable slightly after the trade’s profitable completion of the four-year Certificate of Inspection phase-in of the Subchapter M towing vessel security program, they now face additional compliance necessities. Those necessities and extra shall be mentioned at Tugs, Towboats & Barges (TTB) 2023 in Mobile, Ala., on March 7-8.
On the morning of Day 2 (March 8), a panel of three vessel homeowners and operators and three third-party organizations will talk about essential elements of Subchapter M and the COI course of. Panelists embrace Tava Foret, president and co-founder of the Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau (TVIB)—who will even reasonable the panel; Sean Reilly, regulatory and compliance supervisor of Southern Towing; Brian Khey, director of security and compliance for Marquette Transportation; Mark McManus, vice chairman of operations for Lebeouf Bros. Towing; Jason Soutiere, supervisor – space operations, for ABS; and Robert Keister, vice chairman of Sabine Surveyors.
Talking factors in the course of the panel dialogue will embrace the COI (certificates of inspection) renewal course of, new building, incident reporting, the drydock credit score course of, the submission of inner survey experiences to the U.S. Coast Guard, shopping for/promoting/leasing vessels, and extra. The group will even talk about classes realized as they went or proceed to undergo the method.
“TTB is an opportunity to participate in a dialogue with the entire tug, towboat and barge industry’s leadership on key strategic challenges, issues, trends, lessons learned, and new project and technological developments,” says Marine Log Editor-in-Chief Heather Ervin. “We are excited to return to Mobile after a successful TTB 2022 there last year.”
Registration is open for the one occasion devoted solely to the tug, towboat and barge segments of the maritime transportation trade. More info, together with the tour and keynote speaker, shall be introduced this yr. The ultimate low cost on registration ends February 17.
SPONSORS
For info on TTB 2023 sponsorship alternatives, contact David Harkey at 212.620.7223 (workplace) or 973.563.0109 (cell) or dharkey@sbpub.com.
While sponsors proceed to come back in for the occasion, sponsoring firms as of the date of this story embrace:
Sherwin-Williams Marine Coatings (Platinum); VPS Veritas (Platinum): ABB (Gold); Bergan Marine Systems (Gold); Conrad Shipyards (Silver); Schottel/elkon (Silver); ABS (Silver); Christie & Grey (Silver); GL Power (Silver); Kongsberg (Silver); RIX Industries (Silver); MER Equipment (Silver); mtu – A Rolls-Royce Solution (Silver); All American Paint & Supply Inc. (Silver); On Site Alignment (Silver); Crowley (Silver); Karl Senner (Silver); Vulkan Couplings (Silver); Acquity International (Bronze); Bristol Harbor Group (Bronze); DMT Marine Equipment (Bronze); Elliott Bay Design Group (Bronze); Austal USA (Bronze); JonRie (Bronze); Laborde Products (Bronze); MOPS (Bronze); Panolin (Bronze); Hockema Group (Bronze)Phoenix (Bronze); TNEMEC (Bronze); Rypos (Bronze); Tork Systems (Bronze); United Safety & Survivability Corporation / Fireboy – XinTex (Bronze); Shift Clean Energy (Bronze)
