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This article reports on a workshop, held at the National Academies in Washington, D.C., August 5-6, 2004, that brought together experts in salvage response, government officials responsible for incident response, and representatives of stakeholder organizations. Participants discussed the role of salvage and the response to potential terrorist incidents affecting U.S. ports and waterways, including issues of organizational and interagency coordination. After reviewing the workshop results, the committee that convened the workshop concluded that work is needed in four areas to improve the nation's marine salvage capabilities and readiness: maintaining an inventory and evaluation of available physical salvage assets; conducting tabletop exercises to test physical and organizational readiness; improving salvage expertise and input into the planning and response networks; and conducting further studies of related legal, regulatory, and policy issues. TRB Conference Proceedings 30, "Marine Salvage Capabilities: Responding to Terrorist Attacks in U.S. Ports--Actions to Improve Readiness," presents the committee's recommendations in these four areas, as well as summaries of the group discussions, observations about key issues, and recommendations for actions that the responsible agencies should take to improve marine salvage readiness to respond to seaport terrorist incidents.

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Disaster preparedness; Incident management; Interagency relations; Marine salvage; Organizational effectiveness; Ports; Recommendations; Terrorism; Waterways; Workshops

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Administration and Management; Highways; Marine Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies

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