The Waterfront Coalition is a group of concerned business interests representing shippers, transportation providers, and others in the transportation supply chain committed to educating policy makers and the public about the economic importance of U.S. ports and foreign trade, and to promoting the most efficient and technologically advanced ports for the twenty-first century.

Coalition Goals

• To be the unified voice supporting the implementation of available technology and infrastructure at the waterfront in order to build efficient and secure ports that can meet future demand.
  
  
• To be the main source of information for supply chain stakeholders, especially cargo owners about the importance of cooperative efforts to increase port efficiency and security.
  
  
• To be an agent of change on the waterfront through education, pilot projects and advocacy.
  
  
• To educate and communicate with the public, media and government officials about the importance of ports to America's manufacturing, agricultural, transportation industries and consumer product industries, and the need for improved predictability, reliability, productivity and safety at the nation's seaports.