"It takes a village to deliver a package to your door. The maritime supply chain ensures that the materials that make up all of our goods are delivered to manufacturers, and that the finished products get to where they need to be. Literally nothing can function in a global economy if not for an efficient supply chain." Valentin, L. (March 3, 2022). What is the Maritime Supply Chain? Retrieved from https://sinay.ai/en/what-is-the-maritime-supply-chain/
Purpose
The purpose of the Supply Chain and Infrastructure Integrated Action Team (SCIIAT) is to serve as the CMTS forum for interagency discussion, communication, and, recommendations and/or actions in support of the MTS supply chain and to facilitate the development of broad evaluation and decision criteria that are used to inform a whole-of-government approach to Federal infrastructure investment. The team develops tools that are value-added for practitioners at all levels of government, including Federal, State, local and tribal.
Value
To improve the coordination of the various federal agency responses to challenges posed to the operation of the supply chain by external and internal forces including, but not limited to economics, capacity, marketplace drivers, workforce, pandemic, etc. To communicate actions to support the business needs of the supply chain and the infrastructure needs of the MTS, as appropriate.
Integrated Action Team Leads
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
Participating Agencies
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal Maritime Commission
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- International Trade Administration
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Transportation Security Administration
- U.S. Coast Guard
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Federal Highway Administration
- Federal Railroad Administration
- Office of the Secretary of Transportation
- U.S. Maritime Administration
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- U.S. Transportation Command
Federal Funding Handbook
The Federal Funding Handbook for the Marine Transportation System (Handbook) is a living document containing authorized funding, financing, and technical assistance programs for infrastructure in the marine transportation system. The purpose of the Handbook is to serve as a value-added tool for local and non-federal level practitioners as well as Federal stakeholders to identify Federal resources. The Handbook has seen many iterations since its first publication in 2013. The current version of the Handbook may be found here.
Activity and Milestones
- March 2024: Published the Sixth edition of the Federal Funding Handbook for the Marine Transportation System. Previous editions were published in 2022, 2019, 2017, 2015, and 2013.
- September 2023: The CMTS Supply Chain and Infrastructure IAT hosted a supply chain policy tabletop exercise in the Port of Baltimore. Participants identified gaps in knowledge of various policies and agency activities regarding returning to normal operations post disruptions to the U.S. supply chain. The after-action report may be viewed here.
- In conjunction with National Infrastructure Week each year, CMTS has hosted virtual panels to discuss infrastructure within the marine transportation system.
- April 2020: A new report, An Economic Analysis of Spending on Marine Transportation System (MTS) Infrastructure (April 2020) conducted by Inforum at the University of Maryland for the CMTS, demonstrates that increasing investment in marine transportation system (MTS) infrastructure above a business-as-usual scenario will improve U.S. economic performance. Specifically, we can expect additional MTS investment to deliver higher levels of GDP, more jobs, increased incomes, improved trade performance, and higher productivity. A Press Release and Executive Summary are also available.
- June 2018: Hosted an Industry Outreach Workshop on maritime infrastructure priorities and activities. This workshop involved leaders from eleven federal agencies addressing the priorities of infrastructure within their respective agencies.
- January 2015: Initiated, executed, and documented the CMTS-Cotton Club Roundtable discussion on P3’s. The Cotton Club is a chartered organization comprised of the trade and transportation attachés to many of the Western European Embassies in Washington, DC, as well as Japan, Singapore and Australia. Proceedings were presented to the Coordinating Board in June 2015.
- February 2014: The IAT Co-leads developed the agenda and presentations for a CMTS Roundtable hosted by the Department of the Treasury “Improving Infrastructure Investment Decisions in the MTS: Furthering Interagency Conversation”.
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