June 2008: Marine Board Fall Meeting
The Marine Board’s 2008 Fall Meeting will be held at the National Academies Keck Center in Washington, D.C. on November 19-21, 2008. At this meeting, the Board will welcome new members and offer appreciation to outgoing members. The Board had a record number of nominations for its 2008 membership rotations. Final selections will be announced in July.

June 2008: TRB Summer Conference
The 33rd Annual TRB Summer Ports, Waterways, Freight & International Trade Conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland on June 18-20. The overall theme of the conference, held in conjunction with TRB’s Joint Summer Meeting, was the Impact of Globalization on Transportation. Selected presentations from the conference are now posted to the TRB calendar website.

May 2008: Marine Board Reports Due Out Soon
The Committee for Risk of Vessel Accidents and Spills in the Aleutian Islands: Designing a Comprehensive Framework has completed its report in early May, with reviewer comments due in late May. It is anticipated the report will be released in early July, with briefings to sponsor agencies scheduled to coincide with the release of report. The Committee for the St. Lawrence Seaway: Options to Eliminate Introduction of Nonindigenous Species into the Great Lakes has completed its Phase II report. Anticipated release date for the final report is late June.

May 2008: 9th Annual Harbor Safety Committee Conference
The Marine Board and TRB again co-sponsored the Annual HSC Conference, held in Seattle, Washington on May 12-14, 2008. The conference theme of “Plan – Prevent – Protect – Recover” included a full schedule of sessions on current challenges, best practices, case, studies, and lessons learned and included a Keynote Address from former Marine Board member, Steve Scalzo, Chief Operating Officer of Marine Resources Group. The conference proceedings will be available in late summer. The 10th Annual HSC Conference is scheduled to be held in Tampa, Florida in May 2009.

May 2008: Marine Board Spring Meeting
The Marine Board held its Spring Meeting at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa, where Board member Bob Portiss, Executive Director of the Port, planned an informative and most enjoyable program that included a focus session on the importance of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River navigation system to the nation. The session featured presentations from ports, carriers, and users of the system, as well as the US Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard. Members and agency liaisons enjoyed a river cruise aboard an observation barge, toured the Port’s education facility, and had an evening out at the Will Rogers Museum and ranch in nearby Claremore.

April 2008: New Marine Board Committee
The Committee for U.S. Marine Salvage Assets and Capabilities: A Workshop was appointed in April to plan and conduct a public workshop that will examine the legal, regulatory, economic, transportation, and political issues likely to pose hurdles to an effective and timely marine salvage response to a major marine disaster affecting the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. RADM Malcolm MacKinnon chairs the committee, which has as members Judith Harris, Ron Kiss, Reginald McKamie, Jeffrey Stettler, and Thomas Wakeman III. The initial planning meeting for the workshop was held in Irvine, California in early May, with the workshop scheduled for September 2008 at the Beckman Center.

January 2008: Call for Nominations
The Marine Board is seeking nominations for new members to be appointed to 3-year terms that would commence on 1 November 2008. There will be up to six (6) vacancies on the Board in 2008 and there is particular interest in candidates with expertise in the following areas: Human Factors and Marine Safety, Inland Waterways, Marine Environment and Policy, Maritime Economics, Maritime Law, and Shipbuilding. If you wish to nominate individuals for consideration by the selection committee, please complete the nomination form and return it to the Marine Board Staff Director on or before May 30, 2008.

November 2007: Marine Board Fall Meeting
The Marine Board held its 2007 Fall Meeting in Washington, D.C. on November 7-9, 2007. Members and guests discussed a number of projects underway or in development, including the Aleutian Islands RIsk Assessment study being carried out by a committee that held its initial meeting in Anchorage and Dutch Harbor, Alaska in late October. There were presentations and discussion on topics ranging from the U.S. Coast Guard safety and environmental mission and aids to navigation to renewable ocean energy (click here for links to selected presentations from the Fall Meeting).

November 2007: New Members Appointed to Marine Board
On November 1, 2007, two new members joined the Marine Board for a 3-year term: Michael S. Bruno is Dean of the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Director of the Center for Maritime Systems and the Davidson Laboratory at the Stevens Institute of Technology. He currently teaches courses in coastal engineering, design of coastal structures, port planning and development, hydrodynamics, dynamics of ocean waves, and fluid mechanics. As director of Davidson Lab, Dr. Bruno’s focus has been largely on naval architecture, with additional work in wave dynamics and oil platform design. Dr. Bruno has a doctorate of science in civil-ocean engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, an M.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. John W. Waggoner is President and CEO of Hornblower Marine Services (HMS). He has been actively involved in the passenger vessel industry for more than 30 years. He began his career in the sport fishing industry, but has been involved in many and varied segments of the industry including commercial fishing, offshore oil support vessels, dinner cruise and excursion vessels, casino boats, and car and passenger ferry operations. He received a master of business administration and a bachelor of science degree in marine biology from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.

July 2007:
The US Coast Guard released the summer 2007 edition of the Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council. The focus of this edition is waterways management and it includes an article on the Marine Board, found on pp. 23-26.

June 2007: Marine Board 2007 Spring Meeting
The Marine Board held its 2007 Spring Meeting in Portland, Maine on May 30 - June 1. Topics covered in the business meeting included risk assessment, national maritime salvage policy, marine resources in response recovery, short sea shipping, aids to navigation, safety management in offshore operations, and alternative energy. The Board identified 16 action items covering a range of topics and activities. Selected presentations from the meeting are available. In addition to the business meeting, members and guests had the opportunity to participate in tours of the Portland Harbor and Bath Iron Works. For more information on the meeting, please contact Joedy Cambridge.

March 2007: 9th Annual Harbor Safety Committee Conference
The Marine Board and the Marine Group committees of TRB are co-sponsors of the 9th Annual Harbor Safety Committee Conference to be held in Chicago, IL on May 9-11, 2007. Marine Board member Bob North is among the scheduled speakers at this event.

March 2007: Polar Icebreaker Study Available
The final report Polar Icebreakers in a Changing World: An Assessment of U.S. Needs, a USCG-funded study prepared by a committee of the Polar Research Board and the Marine Board, is now available from National Academies Press. Marine Board members Ron Kiss, Bob North and past member Steve Scalzo, all served on the study committee.

February 2007: TRB Annual Meeting Sessions Now Available
View selected presentations from TRB's 86th Annual Meeting. The presentations are from marine- and freight-related workshops and sessions on topics such as port asset management (#156), future of the maritime workforce (#221), global trade size and weight issues (#284), ferry transportation (#314 and #362), security of hazardous containerized cargo (#318), solutions to reduce environmental health and community impacts of goods movement and port operations (#481), emerging trade corridors (#510), and port capacity issues and DOD Surges (#516). Marine Board members Charles Cushing and Jerry Schubel were among the presenters at the Annual Meeting. Please note that Session #510 is available as an e-session, which provides both audio and visual presentations.

February 2007 Former Marine Board Member Honored
Billy L. Edge, former Marine Board member and head of the Coastal and Ocean Division in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, received the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal for his work on ASCE's External Review Panel. The ERP peer-reviewed the work of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force, which assessed the performance of the hurricane protection system in New Orleans and southeastern Louisiana.

November 2006: Marine Board 2006 Fall Meeting
The Marine Board held its 2006 Fall Meeting in Washington, D.C. on November 29-30 at the National Academy of Sciences of Building. Links to presentations by Board members and invited guests are now available. For additional information, please contact Brie Schwartz.

October 2006: Four New Members Appointed to Marine Board
On November 1, 2006, four new members will join the Marine Board: John Headland is a Senior Vice President responsible for Moffatt & Nichol (M&N) Engineers’ northeastern operations. For over 26 years, he has specialized in the planning/design of port and waterfront infrastructure projects. William E. (Will) Jenkins is a senior executive leading ExxonMobil marine transportation affiliates. He is president of SeaRiver Maritime, Inc., an ExxonMobil affiliate in Houston, Texas; chairs the board of International Marine Transportation Limited, an ExxonMobil subsidiary in Great Britain; and chairs the ExxonMobil Global Marine Center. Judith H. Harris serves as the Manager, Transportation Policy and Regulatory Compliance, for the City of Portland. Her areas of responsibility include operations, planning and regulatory compliance for transportation policy, port security, marine environmental issues, and commercial fisheries. Captain Robert E. Johnston is Senior Vice President and Head of Shipping Operations for the Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG). In this role, Captain Johnston is responsible for all technical management of OSG’s international flag and U.S. flag fleets.

September 2006: Polar Icebreakers in a Changing World: An Assessment of U.S. Needs
The Polar Research Board, part of the National Academies’ Division on Earth and Life Studies (DELS), and the Marine Board, part of the Academies’ Transportation Research Board, have released a report that explores the current and future needs for icebreaking ship capabilities of the United States. The Committee that produced the report concluded that the nation continues to require a polar icebreaking fleet that includes a minimum of three multi-mission ships and one single-mission ship. The Committee also found that deferred long-term maintenance and failure to execute a plan for replacement or refurbishment of the nation’s icebreaking ships have placed national interests in the polar regions at risk. The report includes several recommendations by the committee to improve the nation’s capability to operate in both polar regions reliably and at will. A press release and report summary are also available online. A Congressional hearing was held on the report on September 26, 2006.

September 2006:
Marine Board members organized a session for the California & The World Ocean '06 Conference held in Long Beach, CA in mid-September. The title of the session was "The Nation’s Maritime Industries: A Glorious Past, An Uncertain Future" and was moderated by Board member Jerry Schubel. There were presentations by current Marine Board chair Geraldine Knatz, past Marine Board chair Keith Michel, Board member Patrick O'Connor, past Board member Judy Kildow, and by Ed Ueber and Norman Fassler-Katz.

July 2006: Marine Board 2005 Report 2005
The Marine Board's 2005 Annual Report describes the organization, membership, and program scope of TRB’s Marine Board, which provides a forum for the exchange of information relating to maritime transportation and related economic, environmental, and technology issues in a broader context. The report also highlights recent activities and publications of the Marine Board. To receive a printed copy of the report contact Brie Schwartz.

June 2006: Conference Proceedings
The Eighth Annual Harbor Safety Committee Conference Proceedings are now online.

March 2006: Maritime Literacy
In February 2006, the Marine Board held a planning meeting at the Aquarium of the Pacific to explore ways of enhancing public awareness and understanding of the nation's maritime industries and to integrate this effort into some of the ongoing initiatives in ocean literacy. Present ocean literacy reports touch on ports, fishing and aquaculture, some petroleum and hard mineral resources, and some recreational uses; however, they lack material needed to highlight the nation's dependence on its maritime industries and the challenges and opportunities these industries face. A summary of the meeting and the industry sector white papers that were the basis of discussion are provided in a document titled: Summary of Maritime Literacy Planning Meeting, which will be among the items on the agenda at the Marine Board's 2006 Spring Meeting to be held in Seattle, WA on May 10-12.

March 2006: TRB Annual Meeting E-Sessions Now Available
View and listen to selected presentations from TRB's 85th Annual Meeting as part of TRB's e-Session series. The TRB e-Session series is designed to bring information presented at TRB conferences and meetings to those who were not able to attend. Sessions available in the 2006 series include two that focused on the impacts of and recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Presenters in these sessions included representatives of the Minerals Management Service (MMS), Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SupSalv), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), as well as port and indiustry representatives.

February 2006: Marine Board Member Elected to NAE
Robert A. (Tony) Dalrymple was among those elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2006. Tony is the Willard and Lillian Hackerman Professor of Civil Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University, where he teaches and conducts research on water waves, nearshore hydrodynamics, and coastal processes. He previously was the Edward C. Davis Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and professor of marine studies at the University of Delaware. He received the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) International Coastal Engineering Award in 1999 and the ASCE Moffatt-Nichol Harbor and Coastal Engineering Award in 1996. Dr. Dalrymple has an A.B. degree in engineering sciences from Dartmouth College, an M.S. in ocean engineering from the University of Hawaii, and a Ph.D. in civil and coastal engineering from the University of Florida. He was chair of the NRC Committee on Coastal Engineering Research and Educational Needs. Three other current Marine Board members are also NAE members: Kenneth E. Arnold, Charles R. Cushing, and Malcolm MacKinnon III.

November 2005: Marine Board Fall Meeting
The Marine Board held its 2005 Fall Meeting in Washington, D.C. on November 2-4 at the Keck Center of the National Academies. The Board welcomed two new members, Patrick O'Connor, Senior Advisor at BP America and Robert (Bob) Portiss, Port Director at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa and presented certificates of appreciation to two departing membes, Craig Philip, President of Ingram Barge, and David Wisch, ChevronTexaco Fellow . Major topics addressed during the meeting included hurricane impacts and recovery, port closure and disruption, Arctic shipping, sea basing, and national freight policy. Highlights of presentations made at the meeting are provided. On Thursday, November 3, Board members, sponsors, and invited guests commemorated the 40th Anniversary of the Marine Board, with a panel discussion, reception, and dinner.

April 2005
The Marine Board 2004 Annual Report is now available on-line. Those wishing to receive a hard copy of the report, can contact Mary Kissi.

April 2005: Marine Board 2005 Spring Meeting
The Marine Board held its 2005 Spring Meeting on April 12-14 in Memphis, TN. A major focus of the meeting was issues relating to the inland waterways. There were also invited presentations on the U.S. Navy's sea basing initiative and on safety/security implications of LNG transport. Links to selected presentations from the meeting are provided (see presentations). For further information, contact Joedy Cambridge.

February 2005: Marine Board Member Elected to NAE
Ken E. Arnold, chairman and chief operating officer of Paragon Engineering Services in Houston, is among the newly elected members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Ken, who was appointed to the Marine Board in November 2004, was recognized for contributions to the safety, design, and standardization of hydrocarbon production. Two other current Marine Board members are also NAE members, RADM Malcolm MacKinnon III and Charles R. Cushing. Press Release

January 2005: TRB Annual Meeting
Presentations from selected TRB 2005 Annual Meeting sessions are now available on-line. A special session titled "Transportation and Logistical Challenges Associated with the Recent Earthquake/Tsunami Disaster" included a presentation by Marine Board member, Tony Dalrymple. Presentations from the session titled "What If the Inland Waterway System Fails?" include a sampling of the peer-reviewed research papers that will be published in the Water Transportation volume of the 2005 TRRecord series.

December 2004: Marine Board 2004 Fall Meeting and MTS R&T Coordination Conference
In conjunction with the Marine Board's 2004 Fall Meeting, held at the NAS Building in Washington, D.C. on November 15-17, 2004, the TRB/Marine Board hosted the 7th Marine Transportation System (MTS) Research & Technology Coordination Conference. The theme of the conference was "Securing the Future Vitality of the MTS through Cooperative Research" and sessions focused on the federal role in the MTS, security, economics, port operations and intermodalism, capacity, environmental issues, safe and efficient navigation, maritime domain awareness, and advanced technologies and human factors. A number of Marine Board members participated in the conference program. The 80+ speeches, presentations, and research papers from this conference are now available on-line at: /Conferences/MTS/Program.asp

November 2004: Marine Board Appointments
Effective November 1, 2004, four new members were appointed to 3-year terms on the National Research Council's Marine Board. In addition, Geraldine R. Knatz of the Port of Long Beach was appointed to a 2-year term as Marine Board Chair; Martha A. Grabowski of LeMoyne College was appointed to a 2-year term as Marine Board Vice Chair; and I. Bernard Jacobson was reappointed to a second 3-year term on the Board. The 19-member Board consists of top-level researchers, executives, and practitioners, from both the public and private sectors. The new and continuing members reflect the many disciplines and areas of expertise within the maritime sector.

Kenneth P. Arnold founded Paragon Engineering Services, Inc. in 1980 and serves as President and CEO. He formerly worked for Shell Oil Company and as a consultant to the American Petroleum Institute (API) and other industry-sponsored organizations on projects on the design of oil and water processing systems. He has served as a member of numerous API committees andtask groups and has taught in-house production facility design courses for major oil companies in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Arnold was presented with the 1998 Production Engineering Award bythe Society of Petroleum Engineers and was honored with a Citation for Service award by the API. He was named Houston's 2003 Engineer of the Year by the Texas Society of ProfessionalEngineers. He co-authored a two-volume textbook series and is the author of technical articles. Mr. Arnold has a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Cornell University and an M.S. degree in civil engineering from Tulane University.
Charles R. Cushing, NAE, has served as president of C.R. Cushing & Co., Inc., a firm of naval architects, marine engineers, and transportation consultants, since its formation in 1968. He has been responsible for the design and construction of more than 250 ocean-going vessels in the United States, Europe, and the Far East. He has also been responsible for risk analyses, safety audits, energy audits, and for preparation of the U.S. Coast Guard Tankerman's Manual. Mr. Cushing previously was employed by Sea-Land Service, Inc., where he was responsible for the development of cranes, cargo handling systems, and the design and conversion of containerships. He holds a number of patents in maritime and intermodal technology. He has received numerous awards and citations for excellence from maritime organizations and is a member of the International Maritime Hall of Fame. Dr. Cushing is currently a visiting professor at the World Maritime University and is a member of the Naval Reserve. He is a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds a Ph.D. degree from Cardiff, University of Wales. Mr. Cushing is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Robert A. Dalrymple is the Willard and Lillian Hackerman Professor of Civil Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University, where he teaches and conducts research on water waves, nearshore hydrodynamics, and coastal processes. He previously was the Edward C. Davis Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and professor of marine studies and civil engineering at the University of Delaware. Dr. Dalrymple received the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) International Coastal Engineering Award in 1999 and the ASCE Moffatt-Nichol Harbor and Coastal Engineering Award in 1996. Dr. Dalrymple has a B.A. degree in engineering sciences from Dartmouth College, an M.S. in ocean engineering from the University of Hawaii, and a Ph.D. in civil and coastal engineering from the University of Florida. He was chair of the NRC Committee on Coastal Engineering Research and Educational Needs.
Stephen E. Flynn is a Senior Fellow with the National Security Studies Program at the Council on Foreign Relations and is the inaugural occupant of the Jean J. Kirkpatrick Chair. Dr. Flynn recently served as director and principal author of the task force report, America: Still Unprepared – Still in Danger, co-chaired by former Senators Gary Hart and Warren Rudman, and is the author of America the Vulnerable. Dr. Flynn is the founder of an innovative privatepublic partnership to advance global container security known as "Operation Safe Commerce," and serves as advisor to public and private organizations on homeland security issues. Dr. Flynn served in the White House Military Office during the George H.W. Bush administration and as a Director for Global Issues on the National Security Council staff during the Clinton administration. A graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Dr. Flynn received the M.A.L.D. and Ph.D. degrees in international politics from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Dr. Flynn served on two tours as commanding officer in the Coast Guard and one tour as operations officer. He has received a number of professional awards, including the Coast Guard Achievement Medal and the Coast Guard Academy's Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award.

October 2004
The Marine Board and TRB co-hosted the SNAME Workshop on The Economics of Domestic Short Sea Shipping on September 27 at the Keck Center in Washington, D.C. Links to selected presentations from that workshop are now available, along with the list of workshop participants, and an authored summary of the workshop.

September 2004
On August 3, the Marine Board hosted a planning meeting focused on safety of LNG transport. Participants included representatives of various Federal agencies, industry, and the Marine Board (list of attendees). There were invited presentations from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): LNG Project Status and Issues Going Forward and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS): Classification and the Role It Plays in LNG Transportation and Safety. Following the planning meeting, a draft study prospectus was developed and is being reviewed by participants.

July 2004: Marine Salvage Response Capabilities
The final report from the Marine Board's August 2003 workshop on marine salvage response capabilities was released on July 6, 2004. Titled Marine Salvage Response Capabilities: Responding to Terrorist Attacks in U.S. Ports, the report considers whether U.S. marine salvage capabilities are adequate to respond to terrorist attacks and suggests ways to remedy deficiencies. The report is available on-line or can be ordered through the TRB Bookstore.

June 2004: "St. Lawrence Seaway: Issues and Options"
The TRB/Water Science and Technology Board Committee on the St. Lawrence Seaway: Options to Eliminate Introduction of Nonindigenous Species into the Great Lakes, Phase 1 will hold its first meeting on June 22 - 23, 2004 in Washington, DC. Information on the committee membership, the study scope, and the first meeting is now available on the National Academies' Current Projects website

May 2004: Marine Board Spring Meeting
The Marine Board held its 2004 Spring Meeting in San Diego, California on May 5-7, 2004. Two major focus areas of the meeting were (a) current and future applications of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and (b) safety and environmental compliance of high speed craft for naval and commercial interests. Board members and guests also toured the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) Shipyard. Presentations from the 2004 Spring Meeting are posted separately on the website. There were also updates and presentations from Marine Board sponsor agencies. Please contact Joedy Cambridge via phone (202-334-2167) or e-mail (jcambridge@nas.edu) with questions or requests for additional information.

March 2004: Green Ports, Green Ships
TRB's Marine Environmental Task Force sponsored a session titled "Green Ports, Green Ships" at the 2004 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Speakers included Kathy Metcalf, Chamber of Shipping of America; Sally Ann Lentz, Ocean Advocates (and current Marine Board member); James Corbett, University of Delaware; Craig Vogt, Environmental Protection Agency; and Tom Chase, American Association of Port Authorities.

February 2004: Alternative Freight Capacity
Development and funding of alternative freight capacity is an emerging freight transportation topic. A workshop at the TRB 2004 Annual Meeting focused on the opportunities and barriers to development of alternative freight capacity, including rail and water options. Selected presentations from the workshop are provided, including those given by Randolph Resor (ZETA-TECH); Stephen Flott (Seabridge Overseas Holdings, Inc.); Robert West (Global Insight); Arthur Goodwin -Part One and Two(Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority); Elizabeth Ogard (Tioga Group); Paul Richardson (Paul F. Richardson Associates); and Gregg Ward (Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry).

January 2004: The Marine Transportation System and the Federal Role: Measuring Performance, Targeting Improvement
The purpose of this study was to develop an analytical framework for federal agencies to use to identify capital and operating needs and coordinate federal investments and spending on the MTS infrastructure. According to the report, entitled, TRB Special Report 279, the Marine Transportation System and the Federal Role: Measuring Performance, Targeting Improvement, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) should take the lead in assessing the performance of and improving the nation's entire marine transportation system. In particular, the report recommends that the DOT should begin immediately to develop reports on the condition, performance, and use of the marine transportation system and seek a mandate from Congress to produce such reports on a regular basis, as it already does for the nation's highway and transit systems. The Chair of the Committee that produced the report, Mortimer L. Downey, president of PB Consult Inc., elaborated on the report during a freight systems session that was held January 13, 2004, as part of the TRB 83rd Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

November 2003: Marine Board Annual Report 2002-2003

November 2003: The Marine Board 2003 Fall Meeting in New York City
The Marine Board held its 2003 Fall Meeting in New York City on October 30-31, 2003.Included on the agenda were focus sessions on the topics of (a) Air Emissions from Ships and (b) Potential Impact of Planned and Forecast LNG Activities in the Gulf of Mexico on Continued OCS Oil & Gas Development. Presentations by invited speakers and agency liaisons have been posted to the website under the heading 2003 Fall Meeting Presentations. Copies of the Marine Board Annual Report 2002-2003 and the published report, Shipboard Automatic Identification System Displays: Meeting the Needs of Mariners were also distributed at the meeting.

August 2003: Marine Salvage Response Capability Workshop
On August 5-6, 2003, the Marine Board hosted a workshop on Marine Salvage Response Capability at the Keck Center in Washington, D.C. Participants examined the possible need for and benefits to be derived from the development and implementation of a cohesive federal national marine salvage policy. There will be a workshop report summarizing the discussions and addressing four key issues relating to salvage capabilities and response planning and coordination: physical salvage and harbor clearance; financial, economic, and political; legal, marine forensics, and human casualties; and environmental. July 2003: Marine Salvage Response Capability Workshop

May 2003: Marine Board 2003 Spring Meeting
The Marine Board 2003 Spring Meeting was held in Washington, D.C. on May 20-21, 2003. The agenda included a focus session on short sea shipping, during which six presentations were given on the overall concept, as well as on business, vessel, crewing, and safety aspects of short sea shipping. There was also a focus session on homeland security, including a presentation from TSA and discussion of recent work done by former Board member, Elisabeth Pate-Cornell of Stanford, on assessing and ranking terrorist threats. There was also an invited presentation on the work of Ocean US on planning for an integrated ocean observing system. Reports were also given on sponsor agency activities, two of which included formal presentations from NOAA and EPA. Links to selected presentations are provided under 2003 Spring Meeting page of the website.

May 2003 : Special Report 273: Shipboard Automatic Identification System Displays: Meeting the
Needs of Mariners
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is engaged in a rulemaking process that would require vessels to carry Automated Identification System (AIS) information while operating in certain U.S. waterways. Installation of AIS on some classes of vessels will become mandatory based on Safety of Life at Sea conventions and U.S. domestic regulations. These requirements specify that a vessel be able to receive, transmit, and display AIS information, but they are silent on what constitutes a proper display. This study examined technical and human factors aspects of shipboard display of AIS information and identified the most significant factors to consider when specifying a shipboard display system for vessels that are required to carry AIS under federal regulations. The committee assessed the state-of-the-art in AIS display technologies; evaluated current system designs, their capabilities and limitations; and reviewed the relevant human factors aspects associated with operating these systems.

November 2002: Six New Members Appointed to the Marine Board
Effective November 1, 2002, six new members will be appointed to the NRC's Marine Board. The 20-member Board consists of top-level researchers, executives, and practitioners, from both the public and private sectors. The new and continuing members reflect the many disciplines and areas of expertise within the maritime sector. The new members are:

Larry L. Daggett is Engineer and Principal with Waterway Simulation Technology, Inc., a private engineering consulting company specializing in navigation studies involving port, harbor, and channel design, systems behavior, ship and/or tow maneuvering simulations, prototype measurements of ship and/or tow behavior, and hydrodynamic modeling. Dr. Daggett retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1997, after serving as Chief of the Navigation Division at the Waterways Experiment Station (WES) in Vicksburg, MS. His work at WES included development of a numerical ship/tow simulator, application of ship/tow simulators to navigation channel project designs and/or operational problems of specific projects, application of scale physical models using remote controlled vessels to navigation channel project designs, and implementation and application of waterway system modeling including the Waterway Analysis Model (WAM) and Tow Capacity Model. Dr. Daggett is the chairman of the Inland Waterway Committee of the International Navigation Association (PIANC), serves on the TRB Ports and Channels Committee, and served for six years as the chair of TRB's Inland Water Transport Committee. He holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Kansas State University, and MSE and Ph.D. degrees in engineering from Arizona State University.
Paul S. Fischbeck is Director, Center for the Study and Improvement of Regulation and Associate Professor, Engineering and Public Policy and Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Fischbeck has served on a number of national research committees and review panels, including the TRB Committee on School Transportation Safety, the National Science Foundation DRMS Proposal Review Committee and SBIR Proposal Review Committee, the TRB/Marine Board Committee on Evaluating Alternative Tanker Design, the Marine Board Symposium on the Application of Risk Management in the Marine Transportation System, the Marine Board Committee on Risk Assessment and Management of Marine Systems, and the NRC's Ship Structures Committee. He is involved with a number of professional research organizations including the American Society for Engineering Education, the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences, the Military Operations Research Society, and the Society of Risk Analysis. He holds a B.S. in architecture from the University of Virginia, a M.S. in operations research and management science from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering and engineering management from Stanford University. He has written extensively on various applications of decision and risk analysis methods and has won several awards from the Institute of Operations Research and Management Sciences. He is a retired Navy Captain.
Ronald K. Kiss is President of Webb Institute, a private four-year college providing men and women the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Science in naval architecture and marine engineering. Prior to joining the Webb Institute, he was Vice President of SYNTEK assisting the U.S. Navy on the Joint Navy/DARPA Arsenal Ship Program, the Navy's aircraft carrier and surface combatant programs. From 1990-1996, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Ship Programs in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition), and from 1986-1990, he was Director of Ship Programs in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding & Logistics). He served with the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) as Executive Director, Amphibious, Auxiliary, Mine and Sealift Directorate; as Acting Deputy Ship Acquisition Program Manager; and as Assistant Deputy Commander for Surface Ship Acquisition. He spent nearly 20 years with the Maritime Administration, culminating as Acting Associate Administrator for Shipbuilding and Ship Operations. Prior to that he served as Director, Office of Ship Construction; Chief, Division of Ship Design; and Chief, Preliminary Design Branch. Mr. Kiss is a member of numerous professional organizations and has received a number of awards and honors. He holds a B.S. degree in naval architecture and marine engineering from Webb Institute and a M.S. in naval architecture from the University of California-Berkeley, and has participated in a number of postgraduate programs at institutions including Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Rear Admiral Robert C. North retired from active duty with the U. S. Coast Guard on 30 April 2001. He is presently serving as the President of North Star Maritime, Inc., a marine industry consulting firm, specializing in international and domestic maritime safety, security and environmental protection issues. His U.S. Coast Guard career spanned nearly 35 years and culminated with service as the Coast Guard's Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental Protection where he directed national and international programs for commercial vessel safety, merchant mariner licensing and documentation, port safety and security and waterways management. In that capacity, he led U.S. Delegations to the International Maritime Organization and also served as a member of the American Bureau of Shipping Classification and Technical Committees, the Det Norske Veritas North American Committee, the Lloyds Register General Committee, and the Sealift Committee of the National Defense Transportation Association. He is a graduate of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, State University of New York Maritime College at Fort Schuyler and the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA. Rear Admiral North is a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; the Propeller Club Port of Washington, DC; a Trustee of the Maritime College at Fort Schuyler Foundation, Inc.; and a member of the Board of the Seaman's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey.
Jerry R. Schubel is currently President and CEO of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA. He is also a visiting professor of biology and environmental studies at Washington College in Maryland. Prior to his current position, he was President and CEO of the New England Aquarium for six years and prior to that spent 20 years at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, including serving as Dean and Director of the Marine Sciences Center. Dr. Schubel has served on a number of NRC committees and most recently chaired the TRB/Marine Board committee to formulate a process for setting, managing, and monitoring environmental windows for dredging projects. He has also served previously on the Marine Board, including as chair in the early 1990s. Dr. Schubel has a B.S. in physics and mathematics from Alma College (MI), a M.A.T. from Harvard University, a Ph.D. in oceanography from The Johns Hopkins University, and an honorary D.Sc. degree from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
Richard H. Vortmann is Vice President of General Dynamics and President of National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO). He began his career in 1969, serving in various financial management and strategic planning positions with Kaiser Industries Corporation, then part owner of NASSCO. He joined NASSCO in 1976 as Vice President of Finance and Information Systems and later served as the shipyard's Vice President of Production before becoming Executive Vice President of Operations in 1980. He is currently Chairman of the Board of the American Shipbuilding Association, a council member of the America Bureau of Shipping, and Chairman of the American delegation to the annual Japanese, European, Korean, United States Shipbuilding Conference. He has previously served as chairman of the Shipbuilders Council of America. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance and a master's degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley, where he also served for three years on the Business School faculty.

October 2002:Transportation Research Record No. 1782: Marine Transportation and Port Operations , a peer-reviewed publication of the Transportation Research Board was released this month. It contains research submissions reviewed by TRB's Committees on Inland Water Transport, Ports and Channels, Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Ferry Transportation, and Intermodal Freight Terminal Design and Operations. Several of the papers were presented at TRB's 2002 Annual Meeting. TRB publications can be ordered from the TRB Publications Sales Desk (Telephone: 202-334-3213, FAX: 202-334-2519) or via the internet at the TRB Bookstore.

August 2002: The July/August 2002 edition of TRNews, the bimonthly magazine of the Transportation Research Board, is a theme issue on inland waterways. The issue contains a number of timely and informative articles on various aspects of inland water transport. Feature articles from this issue can be accessed online (view articles). Hard copy of this issue are available upon request by calling 202/334-3119.

July 2002: The Marine Board will hold its 2002 Fall Meeting in Houston, Texas on November 20-21. The meeting will be hosted by the Port of Houston Authority. A preliminary agenda for the meeting will be posted in late September. Immediately prior to the Fall Meeting, Marine Board members will be participating in the Global Forum on the Maritime Transportation of Energy 2002: Identifying the Priority Policy Issues.

July 2002: The 2002 Marine Board member rotation will occur on November 1. There is particular interest in nominees with experience and expertise in the following areas: Maritime Economics, Marine Environmental Issues, Marine Policy, Maritime Security, Ocean and Coastal Engineering, and Shipbuilding. Anyone wishing to suggest nominees should complete and return the Request for Nomination form on or before August 15, 2002.

July 2002: The Transportation Research Board recently held its 27th Annual Summer Ports, Waterways, Freight & International Trade Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. Selected presentations from this event, most of which relate to critical marine transportation issues, are now available online.

May 2002 -- A new National Research Council report Oil in the Sea III, has been released and builds on past NRC reports released in the 1970s and 1980s. The report was sponsored by the U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS), along with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), the U.S. Navy, the American Petroleum Institute (API), and the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA). The report includes a number of specific recommendations to federal agencies that would help to estimate inputs from all sources, determine the fate of the petroleum released, and to ascertain the ecological response of the areas affected.

The full report can also be ordered online through National Academy Press (tel. (202) 334-3313 or 1-800-624-6242).

May 2002 -- The Marine Board Spring Meeting was held on May 14-15, 2002 at the NAS Building in Washington, D.C. The agenda included a report on the May 13 workshop on marine recreation and tourism, at which representatives of relevant federal, state, and local agencies; marine recreation and coastal tourism industries; and environmental and public interest groups engaged in a dialogue to determine areas in which the NRC could provide useful advice on issues related to marine and coastal tourism and recreation and associated transportation impacts. Other items on the agenda included presentations on maritime security and the marine transportation system, as well as updates on the recently completed naval engineering report, the AIS shipboard display study, environmental windows for dredging, and the Ocean Commission.

The Marine Board Fall Meeting will be hosted by the Port of Houston Authority on November 20-21, 2002, immediately following the Global Forum on the Marine Transportation of Energy in Houston, TX.

May 2002 -- The TRB/Marine Board Committee on the shipboard display of AIS information met in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 3-4, 2002 and had the opportunity to experience firsthand a Lower Mississippi ship transit (view photos).

May 14, 2002 -- TRB Special Report 266, Naval Engineering: Alternative Approaches for Organizing Cooperative Research investigates and evaluates models that promote innovation, incorporate total systems concepts in naval engineering, and involve all stakeholders in the decision-making process. This study developed following a planning workshop hosted by the Marine Board in May 2001, with support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
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February 2002 -- A new report Spills of Emulsified Fuels: Risks and Response is part of an evolving body of work conducted by the NRC regarding the ecological consequences of releases associated with the widespread use of fossil fuels.

December 2001 -- Environmental Performance of Tanker Designs in Collision and Grounding: Method for Comparison TRB Special Report 259 - Environmental Performance of Tanker Designs in Collision and Grounding: Method for Comparison describes a modeling process for evaluating alternative designs. The process encompasses consideration of the structural deformations from collisions and grounding and the environmental consequences

October 16, 2001-- A new report that identifies A Process for Setting, Managing, and Monitoring Environmental Windows for Dredging Projects (TRB Special Report 262) has been released.
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September 28, 2001-- A new TRB/Marine Board report, Environmental Performance of Tanker Designs in Collision and Grounding: Method for Comparison, provides a novel methodology for comparing two oil tanker designs in terms of the amount of environmental damage they might cause if involved in a grounding or collision.
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