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Alternative Title:
MTS task 7 summary report
Creators:
Barami, Bahar ; Dyer, Michael
Barami, Bahar ; Dyer, Michael Less -
Corporate Creators:
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate Contributors:
Institute for Water Resources (U.S.)
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Marine Safety Marine Transit Maritime Industry Maritime Safety
Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
United States
Edition:
Summary report
Corporate Publisher:
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
NTL Classification:
NTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Marine Economics and Finance;NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Maritime Energy and Environment;NTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION;NTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-Marine Economics and Finance;NTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-Marine Energy and Environment;NTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-Marine Planning and Policy;NTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-Marine Safety;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Marine Planning and Policy;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Marine Safety;
Abstract:
The Volpe Center Report on the Assessment of the Marine Transportation System (MTS)

Challenges has been prepared in support of the Committee on MTS (CMTS) mission to

address critical MTS challenges through collaborative interagency efforts. The CMTS,

chartered in July 2005 as a Cabinet-level forum created to implement the

recommendations of the 2004 Ocean Action Plan, is comprised of 18 Federal Cabinet

Secretaries and two independent agency Administrators with jurisdiction in MTS. The

Report is closely aligned with the priorities of the MTS National Strategy, and envisioned

as a comprehensive assessment of the MTS in six critical need areas: Infrastructure

Capacity, Economic Competitiveness, Environmental Stewardship, Safety, Security, and

Funding.

The assessment is developed within a Risk and Resiliency Framework that identifies the

systemic MTS threats and vulnerabilities and the attendant consequences of a disruption,

concluding with a parallel assessment of the elements that contribute to the system

resiliency – i.e., safeguards such as capability for adaptive/preventive response to threat,

system fault-tolerance, redundant resources, and presence of buffers that mitigate the

consequences of disruptive incidents. For each MTS component, the Report identifies

the strategic priorities – e.g., facilitating global trade and ensuring continuity of

operations and maritime safety and security – and the associated vulnerabilities, e.g.,

inadequate infrastructure capacity, port congestion, deteriorating condition of locks, dams

and bridges, or shallow channels. Balancing these vulnerabilities are the identified

system strengths that make the MTS potentially resilient: advanced navigation

technologies and Search and Rescue (SAR) capabilities, and the vast underutilized

resources and terminal assets of the inland waterways. The Report, vetted by the CMTS

Integrated Action Team (IAT) and revised to reflect their comments and priorities,

consists of a Summary Report and seven supporting Appendices, A through G,

containing the Task Reports prepared for the six MTS need areas, plus a seventh

Appendix on Short Sea Shipping.


Format:
PDF
Funding:
Reimbursable Agreement (RA)-VH99
Collection(s):
Volpe
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:a5a6042ec18584f2ec6cc1f0486db5f639d6d809bb316a1c55daba24468e5a9a
Download URL:
https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5747/dot_5747_DS1.pdf
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