Maritime Supply Chain Security

Balancing the Flow of

Commerce and Security

The Maritime Transportation System (MTS)

• Life blood of our economy – due to capacity and cost of shipping

• 95% trade comes in/out by water

• Expected to double by 2020

• Vast system of 361 ports, waterways, 95K coastline – security challenge

“Defense in Depth”

• Public-private cooperation

• Information sharing

• Business processes

• Pushing our borders outward

Initiatives

• Operation Safe Commerce (OSC)

• Boston Model Port

• Maritime Transportation Security Act

• International efforts under IMO

Ops Safe Commerce (OSC)

• Public-private partnership

• End-to-end supply chain

• “Testbed” for technology, procedures

• OSC – Northeast

• Executive Steering Cte

• NY/NJ, LA/LB, Seattle-Tacoma

Boston Model Port - LNG ops

Port of Boston

• 885 ships annually

• 325 barges annually

• 30 ferries daily (19M passengers/yr)

• 240 assorted tour boats, dinner cruises, etc

• 35,000 recreational boats in Boston area (200,000 in Massachusetts alone)

• 1,000 fishing vessels Gloucester to Scituate

Boston Model PortBulk Liquid WG – Irving Oil

Boston Model PortLarge Passenger vessel WG -

MassPort

Boston Model PortContainer WG – US Customs

Boston Model Port• Intelligence Networking - FBI

• Port Security Plan – US Coast Guard

• WMD Consequence Management WG – MIRT

Maritime Transportation Security Act

• Enacted 25 Nov 02• Comprehensive legislative framework for

enhanced security• Extends USCG COTP jurisdiction from 3 to

12 miles offshore• Authority to conduct foreign port

assessments, establish security requirements at ports of debarkation

International Efforts

• IMO

• Fairness

• Reciprocity

• Global system – commitment to an international solution

Summary• Cooperation• Embedded, value added business

processes• International Standards• Applied Technology• R&D• Joint Effort!