This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here November 2, 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 US Coast Guard supports Oceania partners during 3-week deployment with Palau DVIDS The crew USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) returned to Apra Harbor at the end of September following a successful deployment to Palau and the southwest corner of Micronesia, where they conducted operations to counter illegal fishing and strengthen relations with Allies and partner nations. READ MORE US and FSM sign expanded shiprider agreement Saipan Tribune To overcome complex challenges to maritime enforcement in the Federated States of Micronesia, a nation with over 600 islands, representatives of the United States and the FSM signed an expanded shiprider agreement on Oct. 13, 2022, during a Joint Committee Meeting hosted by Joint Region Marianas. READ MORE NOAA's speed limit proposal would curtail hundreds of boating and fishing trips along the coast Cape May County Herald The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has proposed a "North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule," which would impose speed regulations on vessels 35 feet and larger along the Atlantic coast. READ MORE Coast Guard delivers upgraded multi-mission helicopters to Air Station Atlantic City Homeland Security Today Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City received its first upgraded MH-65E Dolphin helicopter Monday to replace the legacy MH-65D helicopters that serve out of the Coast Guard's largest MH-65 helicopter unit. READ MORE US donates equipment to Costa Rican Coast Guard Dialogo Americas The Bureau of International Narcotics, Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and the Defense Attaché Office of the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica donated $1.8 million in equipment and tools to strengthen the Costa Rican Coast Guard (SNGCR) in its fight against narcotrafficking, the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica indicated in a statement. READ MORE A passenger on your boat falls overboard what should you do first? Boating Basics Online Taking charge of a vessel is a dream for many boaters, but a passenger on your boat falls overboard. What should you do first? READ MORE Port of Guam receives port security grant, working with US Coast Guard toward increased resiliency Homeland Security Today 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 to ensure supply chain resiliency within Guam and the Mariana Islands. READ MORE Coast Guard Cutter returns home after encounter with Chinese, Russian Naval ships SeaPower Magazine The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756), which encountered a formation of Russian and Chinese naval ships near Alaska in September, returned to its Honolulu homeport, Oct. 28, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in an Oct. 29 release. The Kimball and its crew covered more than 22,000 miles in over 100 days, conducting search and rescue and fisheries enforcement patrols in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, earning the ship's first Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal. 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