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Marine Transportation Research at TRB
 The mission of the Transportation Research Board is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal. This page highlights recently released TRB reports, meeting announcements, requests for proposals, and other announcements related to marine transportation. In addition, it includes links to selected marine transportation research-related activities taking place at the federal and state levels, and within the academic and international transportation communities. Finally, this page also highlights and provides links to TRB marine transportation-related programs and activities, which are the source of most of TRB’s marine transportation-related research products. |
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TRB Marine Transportation-Related Programs and Activities
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Action Plan for Establishing China’s National Emission Control AreaMarch 17, 2019 The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that outlines China’s action plan for establishing regional domestic emission control areas (DECAs). The goal of the DECAs is to control emissions from ships in order to keep pace with environmental regulations. |
 Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for CongressMarch 14, 2019 The U.S. Congressional Research Service has released a report that provides background information about the U.S. Coast Guard’s proposed FY2019 budget for several types of cutters. Congress’ decisions on these programs affect Coast Guard capabilities and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base. |
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 The Passing of Joseph BoardmanMarch 8, 2019 The TRB community extends condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Joseph Boardman who served as Chair of the TRB Executive Committee in 2005. Mr. Boardman passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at the age of 70. “Joe was a tireless advocate for improved transportation, and particularly for rail as an efficient and effective way to move both people and freight,” said Neil Pedersen, T... |
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2018 Census of California Water Transit ServicesMarch 7, 2019 The California Department of Transportation has released a report that calculates how many water transportation operators exist in California. It includes data on commuter ferries, non-commuter services, and water taxis. This report was completed in order to comply with requirements in the federal Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act. |
New Funding Opportunity through Gulf Research ProgramMarch 7, 2019 The Gulf Research Program is offering up to $2.5 million in grants to support the development or testing of innovative theories, technologies, or methodologies that would help advance understanding and prediction of the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current System by expanding the knowledge base or improving tools available for observing and modeling the Loop Current System. A letter of intent is require... |
Leading Future Improvements in Transportation Safety March 7, 2019 The recording of the TRB and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) cohosted webinar that focused on issues of safety and security across all modes of transportation is now available online. The webinar covered the 2019-2020 NTSB’s Most Wanted List and TRB’s Critical Issues in Transportation 2019 report . The NTSB Most Wanted List identifies what the NTSB has prioriti... |
COMTO National Meeting and Training ConferenceFebruary 27, 2019 The Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) is sponsoring its 48th annual conference on July 12-16, 2019 in Tampa, Florida. COMTO's annual conference brings together industry leaders across all modes of transportation for 4 days of learning, training, and networking. The conference is open to transportation professionals at all career levels, government employees, manufacturers ... |
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Marine Board
In response to requests from sponsoring agencies or on its own initiative, the Marine Board serves the national interest by providing evaluations and advice concerning the ability of the nation's marine and maritime industries to operate safely and efficiently and in an environmentally responsible manner. The Marine Board identifies research needs and provides a forum for exchange of information relating to new technologies, laws and regulations, economics, the environment, and other issues affecting the marine transportation system, port operations, coastal engineering, and marine governance.
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Technical Activities Standing Committees
TRB's Technical Activities Division provides a forum for transportation professionals in all modes and functions to identify research needs and to share information on research and issues of interest. The Division's staff of specialists in each mode and discipline work with a network of volunteers to carry out activities on behalf of TRB sponsors and the transportation community, including the TRB Annual Meeting, conferences and workshops, publications, visits to each state, and responses to inquiries. This network includes members and friends of over 200 standing committees, supplemented by designated TRB representatives in each state, over 150 universities, and 35 transit agencies. |
Research in Progress in this Subject Area
TRB's Research in Progress (RiP) Database now contains more than 11,900 current or recently completed transportation research projects. Most of the RiP records are projects funded by federal and state departments of transportation. University transportation research is also included. The RiP Database also serves as a clearinghouse of University Transportation Centers ongoing research. |
Research Needs in this Subject Area
An important function of TRB is to stimulate research that addresses concerns, issues, or problems facing the transportation community. In support of this function, TRB Technical Activities standing committees identify, develop, and disseminate research need statements (RNS) for use by practitioners, researchers, and others.
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Research Completed in this Subject Area
TRB's TRID is integrated database that combines the records from TRB's Transportation Research Information Services ( TRIS) Database and the OECD's Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation ( ITRD) Database. TRID provides access to over 900,000 records of transportation research worldwide. |
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