Modern navigation aids, IT guide Coast Guard's new vision for maritime commerce

摘要

The U.S. Coast Guard recently released its Maritime Commerce Strategic Outlook, a long-term vision to support and grow the nation's maritime trade, in particular by integrating modern and traditional navigation tools.The thinking is that with the expansion of the Panama Canal, more navigable days across much of the Arctic, and rising U.S. energy production - which means more barge and tanker traffic - the number and size of vessels transiting U.S. waterways will be increasing. According to Coast Guard spokeswoman Lt. Amy Midgett, additional commercial shipping coupled with an expanded use of U.S. waterways for renewable energy and aquaculture farming "could increase vessel density throughout the Marine Transportation System" and add transit complexity.