Maritime Risk Symposium 2024 – Great Power Competition and Gray Zone Engagement
war but also not fully at peace is called the “gray zone.” Hostile gray-zone actions of international adversaries present growing dangers to freedom of navigation, the maritime global commons, and world trade. In 2024, gray zone activities against the maritime industry and the Marine Transportation System became front page news with drone attacks, ship sinkings, mining of grain-shipment corridors, cutting of subsea cables, and more. Due to adversarial actions, the industry itself is now at the center of attention for the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Merchant
PODCAST: “All in the [Gallaudet] Family”
it. So we had a separate strategy just on data.One of the things that we made a priority was the blue economy: advancing ocean data and collection systems for the benefit of the American blue economy. So things like fisheries management and a $200 billion economic impact that it has in the US; or marine transportation and US ports that bring in $5.4 trillion of economic activity, which is a quarter of US GDP. That safe and effective flow of commerce through our ports relies on ocean information like nautical charts, ocean current information, real-time current information, weather forecasts. And then you
NOAA's NDBC Replaces Weather Buoy with Saildrone USV
, we can now maintain these observations while mitigating the deployment of mooring and anchor material in our important national marine sanctuaries," said Dr. William Burnett, NDBC Director.Observations at this station inform weather warnings and contribute to maintaining maritime safety in marine transportation, making it an important location for data collection. With its location in a marine sanctuary though, NDBC was seeking alternatives to lessen the environmental impact to the ocean floor with its mooring and anchors. The Saildrone Explorer will be able to stay within 10 nautical miles of the
New Ocean Mapping Center Partnership
of the future, and further our understanding of our changing ocean and coasts.”“The University of New Hampshire’s world-class Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping and Joint Hydrographic Center has led the way for more than two decades in ocean mapping, helping ensure safe marine transportation and understanding coastal hazards. This leadership is affirmed by NOAA locating a new Center of Excellence for Operational Ocean and Great Lakes Mapping on UNH’s campus. With this $8 million NOAA grant I helped secure, New Hampshire’s ongoing research and training programs will
Glosten Readies PelaStar for the US Wind Energy Market
the design, fabrication, assembly, and deployment stages of projects. Key partners include Foss Offshore Wind, Everett Floating Structures, GMC, FibreMax, Dyneema, and TRC.“Foss is invested for the long term in enabling the development of the deep-water offshore wind market through our marine transportation and terminal services tailored to the industry,” said Joel Whitman, president of Foss Offshore Wind. “Glosten’s comprehensive solutions and its success at aligning world-class partners move us in a significant positive direction toward bringing the vision to the development
Chevron Taps ABL for MWS at Jansz-Io Compression Project in Australia
Island.ABL’s Australian operations has been awarded the contract to act as marine warranty surveyor to oversee the safe delivery of transportation & installation (T&I) operations across four work packages. The work packages relate to the offshore installation, construction, and marine transportation operation of the field control station and high-voltage power and communication transmission system, plus marine transportation of other high value and general project cargo.The subsea gas compression technology used at the Jansz-Io field will improve natural gas recoverability and supply
Q&A: Growing Blue Economy Opportunities for US Exporters in Canada
to Canada, visit the U.S. Commercial Service website at www.trade.gov/usmca.Are there opportunities for U.S. small and medium-sized exporters or new to market businesses in Canada?Yes! Canada boasts a number of established industries in the blue economy, including shipbuilding, shipping/ports, marine transportation, and fisheries & processing. Specifically, lucrative opportunities for U.S. exporters exist in the emerging industries such as offshore wind, ocean renewable energy, safety & surveillance and marine biotechnology. Now is a good time for U.S. companies that start building relationships
Blue Economy Contributes $361 Billion to US GDP
by their sales (adjusted for inflation) are:Coastal tourism and recreation ($191 billion in 2020, with a 20% decline from 2019).National defense and public administration ($187 billion in 2020, with a 5.5% growth from 2019).Offshore minerals ($97 billion in 2020, with a 12% decline from 2019).Marine transportation ($54 billion in 2020, with a 16% decline from 2019).Living resources, such as fisheries and other biological products ($27 billion in 2020, with a 4.1% growth from 2019).Ship and Boat Building ($16 billion in 2020, with a 0.9% decline from 2019).Coastal Utilities ($15 billion in 2020, with
Navy Provides Realistic, Operationally-relevant Test Environment for Technology
live exercises occurring over a six-month period culminating in some demonstrations held onsite in Septembers. One of the challenges asked participants to examine the operational and technical capabilities of port and maritime security organizations to counter asymmetric threats to the U.S. Marine Transportation Systems (MTS) and its associated personnel, operations, and critical infrastructure.In many cases, these demonstrations brought partners into teams that have previously never worked together. In one such event, a team consisting of Marine Arresting Technologies (MAT) of Tarpon Springs
February 2024
