This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here October 26, 2022 To view email in web browser, click here. .NMLEA NEWS MARSEC ADaPt Presented at AAPA NMLEA The American Association of Port Authorities Annual Conference was a huge success in Orlando, with over 600 attendees, multiple exhibitors, and dozens of networking opportunities. The NMLEA Executive Director, Mark DuPont, presented a talk on the Maritime Security Accreditation and Digitization Program (MARSEC ADaPt), and met with a number of port representatives in some one-on-one time to explain the program and its benefits to them, and to the Nation. "This program can bring every port in America into the digital age, beginning with a Digital Twin or three-dimensional model of their port and implementing a cybersecurity maturity model – while at the same time directly saving them money in critical areas like vulnerability assessments, training, table top exercises, cyber, insurance and security," said DuPont. "As Port Tampa completes their implementation and accreditation," he commented, "the question is who is going to be the next port to rise to this level?" To find out more about the program, go to www.nmlea.org/marsec-accreditation. .INDUSTRY NEWS The US Coast Guard's biggest ship made a rare trip to the North Pole amid warnings about Russian and Chinese moves in the Arctic Business Insider U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy made a rare trip to the North Pole at the end of September. Healy is one of only two icebreakers operated by the Coast Guard, and both of them are aging. READ MORE Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry conducts contactless COVID-19 PPE delivery at Kiritimati Island, Kiribati U.S. Embassy Suva On October 20th, 2022, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry, a 154-foot fast response cutter homeported in Honolulu, completed the first leg of their extended expeditionary patrol arriving in Kiritimati Island, located in the Republic of Kiribati. READ MORE Coast Guard Cutter returns to Astoria following 68-day patrol Homeland Security Today The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) crew returned to their homeport Saturday Oct. 8, following a 68-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The crew steamed over 13,700 nautical miles ranging from Oregon to Columbia and conducted counter-drug missions, search-and-rescue operations, and international law enforcement training engagements. READ MORE An 'existential threat' to the marine industry Trade Only Today Numerous marine groups are organizing a whole-of-industry response to a proposed federal rule that would require East Coast boats as small as 35 feet to cruise no faster than 10 knots in widespread speed-restriction zones. READ MORE Port of Guam receives port security grant, working with US Coast Guard toward increased resiliency SeaPower Magazine The Jose D. Leon Guerrero Commercial Port also known as the Port of Guam is among several Western Pacific entities receiving federal grant money through the 2022 Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) to ensure supply chain resiliency within Guam and the Mariana Islands, U.S. Coast Guard Forces Marianas said in a release. READ MORE Mayorkas meets with counterparts in Japan on cybersecurity collaboration, travel facilitation, maritime security Homeland Security Today From October 20-21, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas was in Tokyo, Japan to meet with Government of Japan counterparts to discuss DHS support for U.S. strategic objectives in Japan, including cybersecurity collaboration, travel facilitation, and maritime security cooperation. READ MORE DOT and New York State announce concurrent jurisdiction for Merchant Marine Academy Campus gCaptian The U.S. Department of Transportation and the State of New York today announced the expansion of local law enforcements' jurisdiction to the campus of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York, in an effort to improve safety at the federal service academy. READ MORE Fearing sabotage, Germany strengthens maritime security patrols The Maritime Executive Germany's police forces are upping protection for maritime infrastructure after the recent attacks on the Nord Stream pipeline complex, which cut three of the four subsea pipelines between Russia and Northern Europe. The German government is now working hard to develop LNG import terminals to offset Russian gas deliveries, and it is all too aware of the possibility of sabotage at these new mission-critical energy sites. READ MORE   NMLEA E-Trends Connect with NMLEA Hailey Golden, Director of Publishing, Multiview, 469-420-2630 | Download media kit Pepper Van Slyke, Content Editor, Multiview, 469-420-2636| Contribute news National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy 1050 17th St NW, Suite 600  |  Washington, DC 20036  Contact Us  |  www.nmlea.org Click here to unsubscribe.  Learn how to add us to your safe sender list so our emails get to your inbox. ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE PAST ISSUES   7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063