Waterborne Transport Group

Formed following the tragic sinking of the Titanic, this group provides a forum to address vessel related safety issues and champions the mission of the National Safety Council – to save lives from the workplace to anyplace – through preventing injuries and maritime-related environmental and safety incidents on waterways around the world. This group’s objectives include:

● Identification and dissemination of best practices to reduce occupational injuries, illnesses and marine incidents.
● Analyzing and communicating conditions in the workplace that could contribute to an incident, and identifying solutions to overcome such conditions.
● Assisting in the understanding of and compliance with regulatory requirements governing marine industries.
● Evaluating new safe work practices and engineering controls that can be used or incorporated within the marine industry to mitigate risk. 
● Identifying factors that affect the safety and well-being of employees.
● Engaging in activities with related organizations in the mutual exchange of information and ideas to further safe operations in the marine industry.

The Waterborne Transport Group (WTG) is comprised of maritime safety professionals who meet twice annually for one and a half days with the support of the National Safety Council. The first day’s meeting includes guest and member presenters from the likes of USCG, NFPA, MARAD, NOAA, ABS and member companies representing active marine fleets and/or offshore entities. The second day consists of a round table discussion by fleet owners/operators’ safety professionals sharing lessons learned and best practices from the field. Companies represented include but are not limited to tankers, bulk carriers, tug & barge fleets, cruise ships, chemical carriers, passenger and supply vessels, assist and salvage, research vessels and offshore marine applications. These include U.S flagged fleet and foreign fleets, ocean-going and inland.

Regular participants include American Steamship Company, Crowley, SeaRiver, Shell, Keystone, OSG, Tote, BP, ConocoPhillips, CSL Ships, Royal Caribbean, Matson, Canal Barge, CKOR, Desgagnes, Vane Brothers, Arrow Marine, Sause Brothers, Liberty Marine, CKOR, Teekay, ABS, NOAA, Towboat US., MARAD, MSC, Canship, and Foss to name a few.