摘要: |
Much of the focus of the Gulf In-tracoastal Canal Association's seminar this year, held August 3-5 in New Orleans, was on waterway operations, issues that towboat crews face on a daily basis, and the partnership that exists between operators, federal agencies and the communities through which the Gulf Intracoast-al Waterway (GIWW) passes-and rightfully so. The GIWW is the nation's third busiest commercial waterway, with valuable petrochemicals, raw materials and fabricated goods passing through some of the oldest locks in the United States.But it takes mariners and dockside workers to move those cargoes, and they operate in a dynamic environment often impacted by things like tropical storms and hazards organic to the job. With danger and injury comes mental and emotional trauma, which can then affect a mariner's personal safety, the safety of cowork-ers and, ultimately, his or her ability to stay on the job. |