Welcome Dinner

Date: Monday, October 27, 2025

Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location: Phil’s Landing, at the Long Beach Marriott

4700 Airport Plaza Drive, Long Beach, CA, 90815

Attendance: Open invitation to Signal Members and their guests, Brokers, SafeShore Clients and their guests, presenters and exhibitors.

 

 

Exhibitor Corner

Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 

Time: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm

Location Name: Pre-function ABCD

 

Membership Meeting Agenda:

Focus: Organizational Excellence & Resilience

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Presentation

Presenter

Welcome & Introductions

 

 Larry Gutierrez, QHSE Director, Gulf Stream Marine, Chairman, SMIA Safety Committee
Richard Lubert, SVP Safety & Member Performance, Signal Management Services

State of the Mutual 

Justin Gardner, CEO, Signal Management Services

Fostering Discretionary Effort from Your Workforce

Moderator: John Belcher, VP Safety & Member Performance, Signal Management Services

Presenter: Wylie Davidson, Motivational Safety Speaker, Legacy Safety

Member Spotlight:

Importance of an Effective Shift Kick-Off Meeting

Moderator: Adrien Cordero, Senior Safety Manager, Signal Management Services

Presenters: 

  • Joey Salazar, Regional HS&E Manager, Pacific Marine, Orion Group Holdings
  • Justin Hopf, Regional HSE Manager, Atlantic Marine & Concrete, Orion Group Holdings

Effectively Engaging a Multi-Generational Workforce 

Moderator: Andy Booth, AVP Safety & Member Performance, SMIA

Presenter:   Amy Davis, Industry Expert & Motivational Speaker

Member Spotlight:
Steps to Transform Your Safety Culture

Moderator: Bill Thibodeau, Senior Safety Manager, Signal Management Services

Presenters: 

  • Chris Dennis, Safety Director, Trident Maritime Systems 
  • Chris Hill, General Manager, Trident Maritime Systems 

Crisis Management Readiness: Toolbox for Leaders     

Moderator: Steve Kennedy, Senior Safety Manager, Signal Management Services

Presenter: Craig Wyatt, Chief Operating Officer, The Response Group

SMIA Committee Day 1 recap and Sub-committee project overview discussion

Larry Gutierrez
Richard Lubert

Committee Working Meetings Begin

Day 2 Subcommittees will conclude by 2:00 PM on Wednesday 

Membership Reception & Dinner

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Time: 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location: The Queen Mary

Address: 1126 Queens Highway
Long Beach, California 90802 

Room: The Queen's Salon

Transporation Provided

Attendance: Open invitation to Signal Members and their guests, Brokers, SafeShore Clients and their guests, presenters and exhibitors.

According to VisitLongBeach.com, The Queen Mary has a history of reported paranormal activity, enough in fact to earn it a spot on TIME’s “Top 10 Haunted Places” list in 2008. Visitors brave enough to investigate further can do so during the Haunted Encounters tour which includes spooky strolls to “haunted” locations and legends of the paranormal residents through ghostly tales.

For all the Halloween lovers out there, we’re excited to celebrate this year’s Halloween week at the legendary Queen Mary! 👻

Our event will be held in The Queen’s Salon, once the ship’s glamorous first-class lounge—and long rumored to be home to the mysterious Lady in White. Her identity has never been discovered, but countless guests have reported seeing her drifting near the piano, dancing to music no one else can hear. Since the Queen Mary docked in Long Beach, she’s become one of its most famous and frequently spotted spirits.  

History of the Queen Mary

According to US Ghost Adventures website:  In 1929, at the start of the Great Depression, the Cunard Line devised a bold plan to create a luxury ocean liner unlike anything ever seen before. That ship turned out to be the RMS Queen Mary. From 1936-1967, the Queen Mary served as the premiere ocean liner for transatlantic crossings and a service ship during World War II.

The Queen Mary made 1,001 transatlantic crossings between 1936 and 1967 before docking in Long Beach. During its decades of service, the ocean liner carried approximately 2.2 million passengers, and 47 deaths were reported aboard the ship during that time.

Today, the ship is permanently docked in Long Beach, California, where it is both a tourist attraction and a hotel. Given its long and storied past, it’s no surprise that the spirits of the Queen Mary’s past passengers and crew linger, still haunting the ship decades later.

It is believed that up to 150 ghosts haunt the spooky ship, and several of the spirits have been identified. 

The deaths related to the Queen Mary date back to its construction. On June 5, 1934, a construction worker named Malcolm Aitken fell from the scaffolding surrounding the ship and died. On June 8, 1936, crew member Arthur John Francis Golding died after fracturing his skull during the ocean liner’s return to the UK following its maiden voyage. 

During the ship’s final voyage to Long Beach in 1967, crew member Leonard Horsburgh developed heatstroke and died from a cerebral hemorrhage as the beautiful ocean liner passed the coast of Rio de Janeiro. 

These tragedies, which bookended Queen Mary’s life as a sailing vessel, could potentially add to the hauntings. Other causes for the hauntings include its time as a service ship during World War II and a vortex that allows spirits to travel in and out of the ship.

Marine Terminal Agenda

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Presentation

Presenter

Welcome and Introductions 

Brian Poehler, Sr. Manager Safety & Security, Maher Terminals. Marine Terminal Chair

Terminal Tours

  • LBCT
  • APMT

Transporation Provided

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Presentation

Presenter

Welcome & Subcommittee Mission

Brian Poehler, Sr. Manager Safety & Security, Maher Terminals. MT Chair

Brian Bailey, Safety Director Tradepoint Atlantic Terminals

Icebreaker Stretch Session

Sara Hodges, Regional Safety Sr. Advisor- Gulfstream Marine    

Safety Moment
Opening with a safety moment reinforces awareness and sets a safety-first tone

   

Member Challenges
Each member shares professional challenges

Brian Poehler 
 

Sub-Committee Deliverables
Define goals and expected outcomes

  

Incidents & Near Miss Reporting

  • Safety Cage Incident
  • Crisis Response Simulation
  • Hatch Cover Incident
  • Sunami Warning

 

Brian Poehler
Sara Hodges    
Bruce Worcester, Director HSSE, TraPac
Bill Nelson, Vice President – Environmental, Health & Safety, The Pacific Companies
 

EV Panel Discussion

  

Open Discussion
Takeaways, unresolved issues, and member input

  

Committee Wrap-Up & Closing Comments

Brian Poehler
Brian Bailey

Reconvene with the Whole Committee

  

M-CODED Agenda

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Presentation

Presenter
 

Andrea Colson – Director of Safety, Trevcon Construction – MCODED Chairperson

Adrien Cordero – Senior Safety Manager, Signal Management Services

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Presentation

Presenter

Welcome & Introductions

 

Andrea Colson 

Adrien Cordero 

Shipyard Agenda

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Presentation

  

Presenter

Welcome & Introductions 

Bernie Diaz, Executive Vice President HSE - Operations, Southwest Shipyard 

Wednesday, October 29 2025

Presentation

Presenter

Welcome & Introductions

Bernie Diaz

DRAFT: Terminal Technology Agenda

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Presentation

Presenter

Welcome & Introductions

Sandra Maksim, Manager, Safety, Security, and Environmental, LBCT; Terminal Technology Chair

LBCT & APMT Tour

Combined Tour with Marine Terminals 

Transportation Provided

Membership Dinner

Transportation Provided

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Presentation

Presenter

Recent Incident Review

Open discussion for the committee to share incidents/near misses 

Group Participation Session

EV Topic
Pannel discussion on EV Safety

Group Participation Session

Focus on Safety 

  • Final review and approval Focus on Safety Sheet
  • New Focus on Safety Sheet  

Group Participation Session

Proposals for Subcommittee Commitments

Committee

Committee Wrap up & Closing Comments

Sandra Maksim

Adjourn & Reconvene with Whole Committee