Preparedness Task Team Final Report: Best Practices for Preventing and Managing Breakaway Vessels

The Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) is a Cabinet level committee comprised of the 20 Federal Departments, Independent Agencies and White House Offices that are engaged in the Nation’s marine transportation system. At the 10 September 2009 CMTS Coordinating Board (CB) meeting, the CB approved the implementation of the Preparedness Task Team and charged the Task Team with reviewing and making recommendations for addressing the issue of breakaway vessels that could impact infrastructure during heavy weather events. Breakaway vessels include but are not limited to barges, floating platforms, and permanently moored structures. Although this report focuses on hurricane-related events involving vessels in the Gulf of Mexico, the same authorities and best practices outlined in this report can be applied to other weather-related events such as river flooding and icing, to other parts of the country, and to other potential breakaway objects such as logs and floating debris that could adversely affect maritime-related activities.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.cmts.gov/downloads/Best_Practices_for_Preventing_and_Managing_Breakaway_Vessels.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Committee on the Marine Transportation System

  122 New Jersey Avenue, SE W28
  Washington, DC    20590
• Publication Date: 2011-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 37p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barges; Best practices; Disaster preparedness; Hurricanes; Infrastructure; Maritime safety; Recommendations; Water transportation crashes; Weather conditions
• Geographic Terms: Gulf of Mexico
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01502110
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 23 2013 7:53AM