The American Waterways Operators - Annual Reports 2019 | Page 6

2019 ACHIEVEMENTS: SAFETY LEADERSHIP
AWO strives to lead and support members in
continuously improving safety, security and
environmental stewardship. In 2019, we demonstrated
our industry’s continued commitment to operating as
the safest mode of freight transportation in America by:
■ Working through the Coast Guard-AWO Safety
Partnership to track trends in industry safety
performance and continuously improve safety on the
waterways.
■ Supporting members in the transition to Subchapter
M through close communication with the Coast Guard, publication of the Sub M Spotlight
e-mail series, webinars and working group initiatives to provide timely information and
implementation support.
■ Enabling members to align RCP and TSMS
certificate dates to reduce audit burdens without
compromising safety.
■ Securing record participation in the Safety Statistics
Reporting Program – accounting for 95% of
member equipment – to facilitate benchmarking,
promote continuous improvement, and allow for
comparison of AWO member safety performance
against the industry as a whole.
■ Finalizing the Coast Guard-AWO Western Rivers
Aids to Navigation Quality Action Team report
to help optimize navigation safety and resource
efficiency on the inland river system.
■ Convening well-attended Safety Committee
meetings to give industry safety professionals a one-
of-a-kind forum to share practical information and
lessons learned to help them do their jobs better.
■ Establishing the Environmental Stewardship
Working Group to develop a framework to support
AWO members in building on our industry’s status
as the greenest mode of freight transportation.
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