Welcome to The CMTS
Welcome to the Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) website. The CMTS is a Federal Cabinet-level, inter-departmental committee chaired by the Secretary of Transportation.
The purpose of the CMTS is to create a partnership of Federal departments and agencies with responsibility for the Marine Transportation System (MTS). The job of the CMTS is to ensure the development and implementation of national MTS policies that are consistent with national needs and to report to the President its views and recommendations for improving the MTS.
The MTS is essential to the American economy; it supports millions of American jobs, facilitates trade, moves people and goods, and provides a safe, secure, cost-effective, and energy-efficient transportation alternative. But because much of the system’s infrastructure is aging and constrained by capacity limitations, the CMTS is working to ensure that the MTS continues to meet the present and future needs of our nation... keep reading »
Bulletin Board
21
Mar
2012
Register Now for the R&D Conference
Registration for the Second Biennial CMTS/TRB R&D Conference is now open. The CMTS, the Transportation Research Board, and the Marine Board of the National Academies are co-sponsoring Diagnosing the Marine Transportation System: Measuring Performance and Targeting Improvement June 26-28, 2012, in Washington, DC. This conference will serve as a forum to examine the use of performance indicators in maritime transportation and waterways management.
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Final Call for Abstracts CMTS TRB Metric 2012
28
Feb
2012
CMTS Issues Interagency e-Navigation Strategic Action Plan
The CMTS has published its first interagency framework to implement a program for e-Navigation. The CMTS e-Navigation Strategic Action Plan describes how CMTS member agencies will implement e-Navigation concepts and activities in a cross-agency manner, coordinated with industry and other stakeholders in support of a safer, more efficient marine transportation system that is environmentally sound.
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CMTS Issues Interagency e-Navigation Strategic Action Plan
1
Feb
2012
CMTS Speaker Series
The CMTS hosted a Federal partner speaker series presentation on the US Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Program.
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CMTS Speaker Series
13
Jan
2012
BTS National Census of Ferry Operators
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released the latest results from the biennial National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO) conducted in 2010-2011.
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15
Dec
2011
BTS Passenger Vessel Special Reports
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released two special reports on the ocean passenger vessel industry.
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7
Dec
2011
Benefits of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
The director of the National Federation of Regional Associations (NFRA), Ms. Josie Quintrell, joined the December 7, 2011, CMTS Coordinating Board meeting to present on the benefit of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) to marine transportation.
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Linking IOOS and Marine Transportation System
27
Jul
2011
Coast Guard Proceedings
The Summer 2011 issue of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Proceedings titled, “The Marine Transportation System: Value to the Nation,” was recently released.
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1
Apr
2011
US Army Corps of Engineers Releases LOMA 1.0
LOMA provides lock operators with greatly increased situational awareness of vessels operating in the vicinity of their locks.
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11
Mar
2011
PEC Transportation Infrastructure Letter
In a letter to the President, the President’s Export Council emphasized the importance of a “robust, reliable and efficient domestic transportation infrastructure” as a critical first-step in support of the goals laid out in the National Export Initiative.
PEC Transportation Infrastructure Letter