Government Affairs Brief

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.

ILTA and its member companies are dedicated to providing safe, sustainable, efficient, and reliable storage and logistics services for bulk liquids. In July 2021, our Board of Directors adopted our organization’s first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles. One of these principles affirms our industry’s commitment to continually reviewing new technologies and procedures that might improve emissions monitoring and yield emissions reductions. 

On July 21, ILTA’s Security Committee hosted a meeting with Captain Andy Meyers and Lieutenant Commander Jeff Bender from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) about the recent informal announcement of another delay to the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Reader Rule.

The ILTA Advocacy efforts to prevent bad PFAS policy continue. The ILTA team continued outreach to Capitol Hill about the impact of bad PFAS policy on the liquid terminal industry. The ILTA Team, supported by volunteer ILTA Member Advocates continues pressing Capitol Hill about the implications of PFAS regulation.

Our ILTA 2023 Operating Conference and Trade Show Call for Proposals has officially launched!  With our 2022 conference having 36 unique sessions in four distinct tracks led by 57 thought leaders, the sessions offered compelling content and engagement on the latest in the liquid terminals industry.  Several sessions had beyond capacity attendance!