b'Continued from page 4: Letter from the PresidentAT THE HELM Industry Education ECONOMIC GROWTHout now that will assist members to PVA has always offered a host of infor- AND SUSTAINABILITY comply with the training aspect of the mation and educational training toolsIn 2025, the domestic passenger vesselnew cybersecurity rule.in the Member Resources section ofindustry saw continued growth, with the PVA website including access tomany operators ridership and revenueI would like to thank the PVA stafftheOnlineLearningManagementreaching pre-COVID-19 levels. John,Eric,Pete,Richard,Ed,Lee, SystemPortal.In2025,weupdatedLeslie,Sarah,Steve,andofcourse someofthesetoolsincludingtheForpassengervesseloperatorsinter- Tamara and Alanfor all their hard DeckhandTrainingManual,recon- ested in modernizing their fleets, thework that made my job a lot easier. stituted the working group to look atCapitalConstructionFund(CCF)PastPresidents,Patrick,Jim,and slips, trips and falls from 2022-2024,remainsanessentialtoolforvesselBob,thankyouforyoursupport. updated the PVA Firefighting Manu- operatorslookingtomakeenhance- Trust me when I tell you that PVA al, and encouraged members to engagementswhilemaintainingfinancialis going to be in very capable hands with their local fire departments as aflexibility.Asdiscussionsaroundwhentheleadershipisturnedover top priority. maritime sustainability and modern- toour2026PresidentAndrewSar-ization continue, the role of the CCFgis,VicePresidentJohnLakeand Maintaining Safetyinsupportingindustrygrowthwillthe soon to be named incoming sec-on the Inland Waters continue to expand. retary/treasurer(BenBernstein).I PVAadvocatedforimportantissuesknow that this is still pending a vote such as restoring critical aids to nav- I know that security is a key focus forat MariTrends 2026 but to me, that igationandre-establishingCoastmembers and there is plenty of timeseems to be a formality.Guardsmallboatstationstaffingto discuss this topic in the upcoming atsomeofAmericaslargestinlandmonths. I will add that the Safety andThank you to the PVA Board of Di-ports.HopefullytheseeffortswillSecurity Committee has developed arectors,thePVAAssociateCouncil come to fruition soon. PowerPoint training template that isand the PVA committees for all their leadership and support. The work that all of you do is truly amazing. In closing I just would like to say what an honor and pleasure it has been to serve as your 2025 PVA president and I couldnt be prouder to be a part of this PVA family.We doThank you again, and I wish everyone more thana very safe and successful 2026!collaborate; Sincerely,we empower you through partnershipStephen JonesPVA President, 2025Kongsberg MaritimeProtechting People and PlanetFOGHORN 50'