CRSOA Members and Industry Partners are welcome to participate in Missions Day and COBALT!

Held at the USCG Sector Columbia River in Warrenton, USCG Missions Day will give CRSOA members and industry partners an opportunity to learn more about the USCG's role that is intertwined with the Columbia River's maritime community. We will also visit Cape Disappointment and Tongue Point.

Background on the Columbia Region's Maritime Industry Introduction Program:
This program has traditionally been a week-long structured series of presentations, tours, and discussion sessions offered to every newly arriving U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port/ Sector Commander.  It has been offered at least once a year, every year since 1997. We are celebrating 24 years of COBALT this year! 
 
The Coast Guard selected the title "Columbia Basin Leadership Training" (COBALT) as the name and acronym for the program. The program is coordinated by the Columbia River Steamship Operators' Association (CRSOA) and presented by maritime industry leaders, and state and local government agency heads and representatives. Each presentation is a product of the agency/organization presenting and provides information that organization's leaders believe will be of benefit to the Coast Guard and our industry.
 
Sessions are designed to quickly acquaint executive and mid-level Federal decision makers with our maritime industry's issues, concerns, and priorities, and to encourage open dialogue with our region's private sector leaders and experts.  

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Agenda for the Week:

Download the DRAFT Missions Day and COBALT Agenda here.

Missions Day: Located in Astoria, Oregon
- Sector 101, Tour of Sector Columbia River - Helicopter Hanger & Command Center
- Sector Boarding Team Presentation
- Tour of Cape Disappointment
- Tour of Aids to Navigation (Tongue Point)

COBALT Day 1:
- COBALT Overview and Columbia River Steamship Operators' Association
- A Day in the Life of an Agent
- Columbia River Towboat Association
- Merchants Exchange of Portland
- Lower Columbia Region Harbor Safety Committee
- Maritime Fire & Safety Association / FPAAC
- Clean Rivers Cooperative
- Fire Agencies Response Boats

COBALT Day 2:
- Grain Terminal
- Launch Service on the Columbia River
- Cybersecurity
- Oregon Port: Portland
- NOAA Office of Coast Survey
- US Customs & Border Protection
- Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- Washington Department of Ecology

COBALT Day 3:
- Pacific Northwest Waterways Association
- Columbia River Pilots
- Columbia River Bar Pilots
- Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots
- NOAA’s Northwest River Forecast Center
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

COBALT Day 4:
- Washington Ports: Vancouver, Kalama, and Longview
- Oregon Ports: Columbia County and Astoria

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