An Examination of Multihazard Marine Transportation System (MTS) Response and Recovery Operations during the 2020 Hurricane Season

Abstract

The Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS), Resilience Integrated Action Team (RIAT), was established in 2014 to foster the coordination and coproduction of knowledge that incorporates the concepts of resilience into the marine transportation system (MTS). The RIAT defines resilience as a four-phase cycle that incorporates preparation, response, recovery, and adaptation activities to minimize disruption to the MTS. The RIAT utilizes this definition of resilience to convene first-responder CMTS agencies to examine challenges and successes and make recommendations about past hurricane seasons. The 2020 hurricane season saw a record-breaking number of storms form in the Atlantic basin during a global pandemic. As a result, federal agencies were challenged to operate in a multihazard posture, and many former lessons learned needed to be adjusted to this unprecedented situation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2024
Accession Number
AD1218795

Entities

People

  • Alejandra Enriquez
  • Jessamin Straub
  • Joshua Murphy
  • Katherine Chambers

Organizations

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • United States Army Corps of Engineers
  • United States Department of Transportation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coast Guard
  • Commerce
  • Covid-19
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Emergency Response
  • Environmental Protection
  • First Responders
  • Knowledge Management
  • Lessons Learned
  • Marine Transportation
  • Navigation
  • Public Health
  • Security
  • Storm Surges
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • United States
  • Waterways

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.