# Presentation: 856139

## NOAA’s Commerce and Transportation Goal Team

**Captain Steve Barnum**
**NOAA Office of Coast Survey**

## Presentation Overview

- C&T Overview
- The World Today
- Future Challenges

## C&T Overview

- NOAA has enhanced the American Public’s ability to:
- Know where they are
- Get where they are going safely and efficiently
- Make appropriate decisions for a safe, secure, efficient, and environmentally sound transportation network.
- NOAA’s essential services are uninterrupted and available during emergencies and critical events

**Information that Moves America**

## C&T Programs

**Marine Transportation System**
**Geodesy   **
**Aviation Weather **
**Marine Weather **
**Surface Weather **
**Emergency Response**
**CRSL **

## The World Today

- Global Markets –
- Maintaining a competitive edge

## The Intermodal Network

**The World Today**

## Economic Impacts

**Economic Impacts**

- Weather related surface transportation deaths and accidents equate to $42 billion in economic loss

- Weather related aviation delays and accidents contribute $10 billion in socioeconomic impact to the U.S. economy

- There are 8,300 annual hazardous material spills in the coastal environment.  As an example, the EXONN VALDEZ in clean-up alone cost approximately $2.5B

## Future Challenges

- High Impact Events –
- Increased importance of preparing for and responding to hazardous events

## Future Challenges Effects of  Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

**Shut-in 100% of oil production –(1.5M barrels/day) **
**Shut-in 94% of gas production  (10B cubic feet/day)**
**Mississippi Rivermouth closed**
**Many goods frozen: **
**Grain for Europe and Africa**
**70 % of U.S. coffee in flooded warehouse **
**Bananas, Tires, Paint  sat on barges clogging riverways**
**Gas Prices up 150%**
**Trucking rerouted at a loss of $1M/day**
**Fisheries Closed**

## Future Challenges

- Projected Increased Growth in Trade and subsequent reliance on the Transportation Network

## Current State of the MTS

**The World Today**

## Potential Congested Segments – 1998

## Potential Congested Segments - 2020

**Potential Congested Segments - 2020**

## Air Passenger Demand

## A Growth Perspective

**Future Challenges**

## Royal Caribbean Project Genesis

**World’s largest cruise ship****	****Fall 2009**
- 220,000 gross tons (100,000 tons displacement – Nimitz Carrier 97,000 tons)
- $1.24 B		Dimensions 1,180’ long, 154’ wide, 240’ high
- 6,400 passengers  (largest Queen Mary 2   3,200 passengers, 2,000 crew)

**Future Challenges**

## Securing the supply chain 
Finding balance between security and just-in-time economy

- Finding balance between security and just-in-time economy

**Security: a New Priority**

**Future Challenges**

## C&T FY09 Priorities

- Navigation Products
- Positioning capacity
- Weather Information in the air, ground, and open seas
- Emergency response and preparedness
- Integrated products and services to prevent and mitigate coastal impacts from extreme events

- Increased timeliness, quality, and usability of** **

## Looking Toward the Future

- Leadership Issues in a Global Economy...
- Enhancing the safe, efficient, and environmentally sound transport of the nation’s commerce.

## 
Thank you

Captain Steve Barnum
steven.barnum@noaa.gov

- Thank you
- Captain Steve Barnum
- steven.barnum@noaa.gov