b'NEWSWIREBTS Announces SafeMTS Near-Miss Reporting WebinarT he Bureau of TransportationtowardintegratingtheseapproachesTolearnmore,gototheSafeMTS Statistics (BTS) will be host- into the broader SafeMTS program.homepage.inga45-minutewebinaron Tuesday, March 3, 2026, (11:0011:45 a.m. EST) to mark the release of the SafeMTSReport:ApplyingLarge Language Models to Maritime Near-MissSafetyDataAnalysis,detailing the application of advanced language model techniques to analyze near-miss safetydatainthecommercialmari-time industry. BTS and the Maritime Administrationhavepresentedthe SafeMTS pilot program to PVA mem-bers at MariTrends and in Foghorn.Thesessionwillhighlightpilot programobjectives,methods,key findings,andnextstepsforbroader implementationofSafeMTS.Learn howadvancedlanguage-basedtools were tested in a secure, protected envi-ronment to streamline near-miss data processing, improve consistency, and deliver actionable safety insights.BTSisencouragingindividualsto readthereport,whichreviewshow emergingdatasciencemethodscan efficientlyprocessandclassifyfree-text near-miss reports within a secure, CIPSEA*-protectedenvironment, improvinganalysisspeed,consisten-cy,andtheabilitytoidentifysafety trends and risks. It also highlights the benefits,limitations,andnextsteps *Confidential Information Protection and Statisti-cal Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 200237 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2026'