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terways around the Republican Na-

Michael D. Emerson is Director, Marine Transportation Systems tional Convention in Cleveland and & Senior Arctic Policy Advisor for the U.S. Coast Guard. Emerson the Democratic National Convention graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1984 with a in Philadelphia.

Bachelor of Science in Government Degree and has since received

We are not doing this by ourselves. a Masters Degree in Military Studies from the Marine Corps University, and a

Managing a waterways system as vast

Masters Degree in Business Administration from American Military University.

and important as the U.S. MTS is a team endeavor. From coast to coast, we are collaborating with the mari- time industry and our principal Fed- eral MTS partners – the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers (USACE) and

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA) – on a vari- ety of navigation initiatives.

The Coast Guard is working with the USACE to transmit MSI on the

Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky.

AIS is being used to send messages on ATON, weather, bridge clearance, hazardous cargos, lock status and safe- ty and security zones. Kentucky’s larg- est city was selected as the test bed site because of its strategic location on the

Ohio River, a major inland waterway that crosses