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原文传递 Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association Announces Details For 2021 Meeting

题名：	Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association Announces Details For 2021 Meeting
正文语种：	eng
作者：	FRANK MCCORMACK
摘要：	The Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA), the industry group representing commercial navigation along the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-managed Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT), will hold its 71st annual meeting May 17-19 at the Marriott Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Ala., on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. The association's 2020 meeting, held in July last year, was one of the first waterway-related conferences held in person during the pandemic, with attendees socially distanced on site and many presenters speaking remotely. This year looks to be much closer to a traditional meeting, with COVID-19 precautions still in place, WTWA President Larry Merrihew said. "This year, we are progressing and thinking we will be able to have the meeting with all in attendance, along with our speakers," Merrihew said. "We are going to follow the state's and the Grand Hotel's guidelines about COVID precautions, i.e. social distancing, masks, etc." While the agenda is still in draft form, the conference will begin May 17 with a golf tournament, followed by a reception. Day two will feature reports from the Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has been invited to speak, and Merrihew also expects representatives from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs and the Alabama State Port Authority to speak to attendees. "The remainder of that Tuesday will be presentations by leaders of the steel, coal and wood chip industries," Merrihew said. "The next day, we will focus on inland ports, with updates from our sister waterways, and have a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as to their expectations for 2021, and our annual membership meeting."
出版年：	2021
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	134
期：	51