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.NMLEA NEWS
Port Security in the Future — What should we be looking at, when no one else is?
Port of the Future
The experts from various aspects of the maritime domain (shipping, port authority, science & technology, law enforcement, intelligence & information sharing, national security council, training) including the NMLEA’s Executive Director, Mark DuPont, will look at port security through a futuristic lens, and from their unique perspectives, identify things we should all be looking at today, when no one else really is.
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
Coast Guard gears up for busier seas as COVID restrictions ease
Hawaii News Now
The U.S. Coast Guard in Honolulu has kept busy during the pandemic, despite fewer search and rescue missions.
Coast Guard Honolulu Station Manager Gregory Lewis said with fewer tourists and more restrictions, fewer people are going in the water.
“We do believe that’s because of the lack of tourism coming in,” said Lewis.
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Sea blind: Pacing cybersecurity's evolving impact on maritime operations
CIMSEC
Just as the sextant enabled celestial navigation of ships far from shore, and signal flags and lights allowed ships to communicate with one another more effectively, the adoption of digital technology has allowed sailors to shoot, move, and communicate even more rapidly. While this technology allows seafarers to navigate more precisely and communicate and coordinate with others more easily, it introduces new vulnerabilities to modern warships.
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Sieges, containerships, and ecosystems: Rethinking maritime cybersecurity
CIMSEC
In feudal times, a king measured the security of his or her kingdom by the size of the city walls, the capacity of the granaries, and the ability of the archers. A strong defense meant the ability to withstand a siege and repel attacks while maintaining an acceptable quality of life inside the walls. Siege warfare brought the rise of asymmetric tactics to breach the walls: ballistas, catapults, and trebuchets, tunneling and sappers with explosives, siege engines, boiling pots of oil, and even biological warfare.
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Bill mandates boater ed; family promotes safety after fatal crash
The Times and Democrat
Some boaters and personal water craft users would have to take a boater safety course under a bill approved by the South Carolina Senate.
“It’s a modest step, but we have to start somewhere,” said Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg.
If the House approves the Senate’s bill, it will require all boaters who were born after July 1, 2006 to take a boater safety course before operating a watercraft with a 10-HP engine or greater, a personal watercraft or a specialty propcraft.
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U.S. Coast Guard carries out fisheries enforcement in the Philippine Sea
The Maritime Executive
The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball has concluded a successful two week patrol to counter illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing), furthering the United States’ commitment to regional security and partnership in the Indo-Pacific.
As part of Operation Blue Pacific, the crew of the Kimball deployed in support of national security goals. The crew of the Kimball is prepared for targeted and intelligence-driven enforcement actions, and to counter predatory or irresponsible maritime behavior.
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Government watchdog finds federal cybersecurity has 'regressed' in recent years
The Hill
Federal cybersecurity has "regressed" since 2019 due to factors including the lack of centralized cyber leadership at the White House, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a recent report.
The watchdog agency included boosting federal cybersecurity as a key issue in its “high risk” report to Congress, which outlines a wide array of areas where the federal government is both succeeding and falling behind.
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Coast Guard set to move to scorecard grading system for cruise ship inspections
Cruise Industry News
Cruise ships inspected by the United States Coast Guard will soon receive a grade, thanks to the Cruise Ship National Center of Expertise (CSNCOE), which has been working on the new system.
“We recognized how well the scoring system for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Programs incentivized positive performance from the ships crews,” wrote Brad Schoenwald Senior Marine Inspector, Cruise Ship National Center of Expertise.
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Port of Los Angeles continues to digitalize the supply chain
Homeland Security Today
As part of its ongoing push to further digitalize the port supply chain and improve cargo efficiency and fluidity, the Port of Los Angeles has introduced a new “Control Tower” data tool — the third such instrument introduced by the nation’s busiest trade gateway in less than six months. The Control Tower offers real-time views of truck turn times, as well as other truck capacity management information, to help cargo owners, truckers and other supply chain stakeholders better predict and plan cargo flows.
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