Government Affairs Brief

The National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are continuing to coordinate cross-sector Common Baseline goals and objectives for cybersecurity to protect critical infrastructure.

Make your plans now to attend the EHSS Committee Meetings September 21-22 at the Omni Parker House in Boston, Massachusetts. We are building on the momentum and the record attendance of our Spring EHSS Committee meetings in New Orleans in March.

The ILTA Board met on July 28-29 in Vail, Colorado to cover a full agenda including advocacy updates, a review of the performance of the June conference and trade show, and consideration of new strategies for membership recruitment.  

On March 28, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule governing discharge of hazardous substances under the Clean Water Act.

During its July meeting, the ILTA Board of Directors received a briefing from David Cummins, the founder of the Blue-Sky Maritime Coalition. The coalition was founded just eighteen months ago and has already recruited nearly one hundred members and partners from across the maritime value chain.