Peter Gatti joined the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL), the US shippers' association, in 1985. He served as vice president for international relations and as acting president before being promoted to executive vice president in 2003. He took part in the OECD and was vice chairman of the maritime transport committee of the International Chamber of Commerce. He died in 2024.
He spoke as a panellist at the Shipper Forum in 2002 and 2003 and at Mare Forum USA in 2004.