b'LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORIF HED EVER STOPPVAS CONTINUES TOAT THE HELMWORKING, HED TELL YOU HISWORK FOR YOUCUMMINS TIER 4 ENGINE NEVERJOHN GROUNDWATER // EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSTOPS WORKING. est wishes to you for what we hope will be a new year fi lled withIn separate legislation supported by PVA, approximately $20 billion MARINERS KNOW BEST, and theres a good reasonB emergingopportunitiesandrenewedoptimism.With2020in competitive grants has been made available to U.S. shipyards via the thankfully in our rearview mirror, we are equally hopeful for aSmall Shipyard Grant Program.for that. Nobody knows what it takes to power oursteady return to health for our nation, our citizens, and our businesses.economy like they do. Except for Cummins. Our enginesButourworkisnotyetcomplete.Asthecoronaviruspandemic are built with one goal in mind: keeping you and yourAs the Passenger Vessel Association (PVA) enters its 50th year of service tocontinues into 2021, PVA leaders and staffwill continue to interact with customers movingno matter what. And our rangeits members, and the passenger vessel industry at-large, we are redoublingMembers of Congress and the Administration to advocate for additional of ever-dependable Tier 4 solutionsthe QSK38 andour eff orts to support all PVA members through intensive advocacyemergency funding and programs to help PVA members survive.QSK60are no exception. With connected technologywork in Washington D.C. and in concerted eff orts by the associations that lets you fine-tune performance, collaborativeleaders, volunteers, and staffto develop a host of exciting new programsPVA VIRTUAL CONVENTION AT MARITRENDS 2021engineering that makes our products feel like theyto assist and promote PVA member companies. If you are reading this before the PVA Virtual Convention at MariTrends were made just for you, and a service network that2021, scheduled February 16-18, I encourage you to register to attend as understands the way you operate, mariners onlyCORONAVIRUS RELATED EMERGENCY STIMULUS FUNDING we have an excellent program planned for you.If you are a PVA Vessel need to trust one name, and thats Cummins. As you know, PVA has lobbied vigorously for emergency funding forMember you can register as many of your employees as you would like for PVA members. These activities ramped$100.We have established this low registration fee Learn more at cummins.com or callup early last year as the impacts of theto allow you to economically involve individuals coronaviruswerefi emerging.PVAwho may never have had a chance to attend a 1-800-CUMMINS.rstOur goal for this virtual immediatelybeganurgingCongressPVA convention.We hope that this arrangement andtheAdministrationtoprovideconvention is to create anwill be helpful to you.A $50 registration fee is emergencyfundstohelpourindustryenvironment where PVAavailable for individual registrants.weather what was thought the storm. It became clear that the success in getting amembers can reconnect,Our goal for this virtual convention is to create fi anenvironmentwherePVAmemberscanrst round of funding through programsshare information and such as the Paycheck Protection Programreconnect, share information and lessons learned, (PPP)wouldnotoutlastthelingeringlessons learned, and planand plan for the future.As a result, you will pandemic and that more funding wouldfor the future. notice that our program emphasizes roundtable be absolutely necessary. discussions.We believe that attendees will have a great deal of information to share about coping Unfortunately, new emergency funding became mired in politics, despitewith the challenges of 2020 while looking ahead to 2021 operations.the persistence of PVA and others.It took approximately eight months of constant lobbying before Congress and the Administration fi MARITRENDS 2021 VIRTUAL EXHIBIT HALL nally agreed on a stimulus package that was signed into law by the PresidentMany of our loyal PVA Associate members are exhibiting in the virtual on December 27, 2020. MariTrends 2021 Exhibit Hall.Each exhibiting company has their own virtual exhibit booth built to display company information, videos, and PVA had been arguing for these many months that the passenger vesselcompany brochures, as well as company contact information. We will industry should be allowed to apply for a second round of PPP and themake these exhibit booths available to all PVA members and I encourage new law made this possible, providing $284 billion for this forgivableyou to visit them. loan program. VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION TOPICSIn addition to PPP, PVA, along with others including the AmericanThe following are just a few of the topics that may be discussed during Bus Association, successfully lobbied for the Congressional passage ofroundtablesessionsheldduringthePVAVirtualConventionat the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS)MariTrends 2021.Act, which was ultimately funded at $2 billion.This legislation set up a program that would provide grants to U.S.-fl agged passenger vessel Finding Employees Post COVID:What is Your Company companies, motorcoach, and school bus companies. Doing to Attract Employees.Also, included in the law is a set-aside of $14 billion for public transit The New Coast Guard Policy on Wearing Masks:systems administered by the Federal Transit Authority. PVAs goal, inWhat Does it Require?addition to securing the needed funds, was to ensure that public ferry systems were not left out of the bill. 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