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USMX PORT ASSOCIATION MEMBERS 44 2 0 1 7 A N N U A L R E P O R T PORTS OF THE DELAWARE RIVER Ports of the Delaware River Marine Trade Associa on Patrick T. Dolan, President ABOUT THE PMTA With over 70 years of service to the Delaware River port community, the Philadelphia Marine Trade Association was incorporated in 1947; its purpose being to promote the interest of the Ports of the Delaware River, Southern New Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania. Now, the Ports of the Delaware River Marine Trade Association (PMTA) represents all of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) Employers operating at Delaware River Facilities (Philadelphia, Southern New Jersey and Wilmington, Delaware). MANHOURS UPDATE For the contract year ending 9/30/2017, the ILA Manhours worked in the Ports of the Delaware River increased from 1,767,037 to 1,789,947. There have been a number of new employees added to the workforce in both Wilmington, DE and the Philadelphia/South Jersey area. These people have progressed through the Journeyman process up to our Basic Unit level, which is the highest level for employees. These employees enjoy all of the benefits of the PMTA-ILA Benefit Funds, including MILA. TRAINING & SAFETY Port Technical Training Institute (PTTI) continues to train new em- ployees on Powered Industrial Trucks (PIT) and to recertify the existing workforce as required by PIT Regulations. In addition to the local hands-on training, ILA employees from our area continue to take advantage of the USMX Training programs conducted at the MITAGS facility in Maryland. PMTA fully participates in the Lost Time Accident Reporting Program with USMX.