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Captain's Table
| 题名： | Captain's Table |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | Alan Bernstein |
| 作者单位： | Passenger Vessel Association |
| 摘要： | In over 40 years as a mariner, I never expected that I would work in a virtual world. In fact, I am willing to bet that most of you never expected to enter this virtual world so quickly and so completely either. During my career on the river, my experience with technology focused primarily on radar, engines, AIS and maybe my smartphone. But the coronavirus pandemic has put pressure on all of us to work differently. Up to this point, I have been a reluctant user of virtual technology. But I participated in the PVA Virtual Convention in February and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was expecting the worst and woke up in the middle of the night a couple of times worrying that it could turn into a virtual flop. It didn't. Attendance was strong, attendees were engaged, and there was a virtual exhibit hall featuring the products and services of PVA associate members. The convention's goal was to cover issues that passenger vessel operators might be thinking about during the pandemic as they hopefully begin to emerge and start operating again. Open roundtable discussions were encouraged. Topics such as mask wearing, Covid liability, managing social distancing, the changing insurance market, marketing and using social media in a Covid environment were all discussed. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz kicked off the convention with a virtual keynote address from Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, D.C. He discussed the recent mask mandate issued by the Biden administration and followed up with a safety bulletin from the Coast Guard. While my company, BB Riverboats, has a policy on mask wearing, I was relieved to hear Adm. Schultz say that he expects operators to make best efforts to comply. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | Work Boat |
| 卷： | 78 |
| 期： | 4 |
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