11b. Presentation - Maritime Blue Annual Report
Item No. 11b_supp Date of Meeting July 13, 2021 Maritime Blue Annual Report Advancing Washington State's Maritime Industry Building a Blue Economy: A Progress Report Port of Seattle has strong partnership with Washington Maritime Blue: Maritime innovation accelerator Maritime Youth Collaborative Joint Industry Projects Organizational Development and Leadership 2 A Strategic Alliance for Maritime Innovation and a Sustainable Blue Economy Washington Maritime Blue is a non-profit, strategic alliance formed to accelerateinnovation and sustainability in support of an inclusive blue economy. With a mission to implement Washington State's Strategy for the Blue Economy delivered by GovernorJay Inslee's Maritime Innovation Advisory Council,we are a partnership between industry, public sector, research & training institutions, and community organizations. Maritime Blue works to create a world-class, thriving, equitable and sustainable maritime and ocean industry through knowledge sharing, joint innovation, entrepreneurship, commercialization, business and workforce development. Thriving, Global Low 21st World- Innovation Growing Carbon Century Class Hub Gateways Industry Workforce Cluster Washington State's Strategy for the Blue Economy The first, and only, US statewide strategy for the Blue Economy was delivered in January 2019 by Governor Inslee's Maritime Innovation Advisory Council and Washington State Dept. of Commerce after 18 months of stakeholder engagement. Industry Members Organizational Partners Startups Research Institutions Public Partners Maritime Blue Innovation Programs 4 Month Mentor-based Innovation Accelerator (no equity) One Year Innovation Incubator in Partnership with Port of Tacoma (focus on Port Operations) Hub and Spoke Model Creating Partnership Programs with PNW Organizations in Newport, OR and Bellingham, WA SEA POTENTIAL Innaugural Cohort Wins, Deals, & Stats 115 Startups applies - 11 Chosen 10 from US, 9 from WA State, 7 from King County 4 Women, 4 POC founders/co-founders Wins and Deals $73M in Private Capital Investments $12M in Business Sales Several Demonstration Projects & Customer Acquisitions Combined reports of over %500 increase in revenue At least 50 jobs created Second Wave Notable Events/Stats 100+ Startups Applied 60% from WA State, 40% from King County 11 startups chosen 9 from US, 7 from WA State, 5 from King County 3 women founders, 2 POC founders Wins and Deals Silverback Marine landed large contract with Port of Lopez w/ 1st wave company, Pure Watercraft Allosense secured non-dilutive funding from DoD MM-Seas launched their platform during the program Puget Buoy won Alaska Airlines Innovation Challenge Pending results of current funding rounds Mentors Make This Program Special! Weekly CEO roundtable with industry leading experts HUNDREDS of hours of individual mentor meetings Shared contextual experiences Where do we go from here? Third Wave of the Maritime Blue Innovation Accelerator Q1 of 2022 Rolling Admission into Maritime Blue Innovation Incubator in Partnership with the Port of Tacoma Launch of Bellingham, WA Clean Tech/Blue Tech program Building Collaborative Programming with Alaska and Oregon in 2021/2022 Enable an equitable and diverse 21st century workforce of the Blue future through coordination, funding, and public forums for Force industry-driven, career connected learning opportunities. Providing organizational support, resources and an employer - agency network for the Youth Maritime Collaborative. Youth Maritime Collaborative A partnership between service providers, educational institutions, and employers to make maritime an accessible option for young women, lowincome youth, and youth of color. The YMC creates career pathways through experiential events, mentorship and internships. Strategic Vision & YMC Partners We as pire for the Youth Maritime Collaborative to be a partners hip that makes maritime an appealing career option for low-income youth and youth of color. To achieve this , we propos e a system that is grounded in career connected learning and equity. By guiding today's youth toward career pathways , experiential events , interns hips and apprentices hips , the Collaborative works to connect employers with the next generation of s killed workers . Internships Youth Maritime Accelerator Project (YMAP) 11 diverse interns, ages 18-24 from South King County 6 Maritime Employers (Fishtail, TOTE Marine, Pacific Marine Group, MMSEAS, YMC, WA Maritime Blue) 8-week paid internship $2,000 stipend Includes curriculum and experiential learning events Launch206 12 interns from Seattle Public Schools 4 Maritime Employers (Argosy, Western Towboat, Boat Setter, CETS LLC, Center for Wooden Boats) 4-week paid internship and .5 HS credit $1,000 stipend Includes class instruction and experiential learning events Expanded Cohort Model Increase opportunities for youth to experience onthe-water programming and maritime/ocean learning activities, education and training with YMC program partners Expand partnerships with community -based organizations Provide wrap-around support for both youth and employers Funding Model Structure 2019 2021 Port of S eattle: $199,999 Port of S eattle, S outh K ing County Fund: $99,995 City of S eattle, Office of Economic Development: $50,000 Workforce Development Council of S eattle & KC: $10,000 2021-2023 P rivate Funding Match: T he Builders Initiative: $350,000 Seeking further match funding for full program planning Members come together through Joint Innovation Projects Blue (JIPs) and collaboration to implement key demonstration projects and strategic planning for growth in the Blue Economy Forward Washington State Ferry Electrification Seattle Waterfront Decarbonization Strategy JIP: Zero-emission Foiling Fast Ferry JIP: Green Hydrogen for Tacoma Maritime JIP: Early Covid-19 Detection for Maritime and Fisheries JIP: Quiet Sound Whale Report Alert System (WRAS) Quiet Sound is a collaborative program to better understand and reduce the cumulative effects of acoustic and physical disturbance from large, commercial vessels on Southern Resident Killer Whales in Washington waters. Creating a world-class cluster through a sustainable organization rooted in values of equity and resilience. Blue Growing membership and leadership Focus International recognition and speaking engagements Cluster to Cluster relationships Part of a Global Enterprise for the Blue Economy Organizational Development & Leadership Founded in Oc tober 2018, the organization has taken s ignificant s teps towards organizational s us tainability by divers ifying revenue, increas ed operational capacity and Board leaders hip. Current Board of Directors include: President/CEO - J oshua Berger, Maritime Blue J ason J ordan, Northwest Seaport Alliance Vice-Chair - Lauren Offenbecher, SSA Marine Cosmo King, ioCurrents Vice-Chair - Eleanor Kirtley, Green Marine Vesa Koivumaa, Wrtsil Secretary - Simon Geerlofs, PNNL Dennis McLerran, Cascadia Law Group Treasurer - Deloit Wolfe, Impact Washington Bob Miyamoto, University of WA - APL J oe Allen, J amestown S'klallam EDA Barbara "b.g." Nabors Glass, Seattle Goodwill Ann Avary, NW Center of Excellence for Marine Patty Rubstello, Washington State Ferries Comm. Fred Felleman, Port of Seattle Andy Stewart, Amazon 2019 2020 Sponsors Catalytic Sponsors Impact Sponsors Sustaining Sponsors OMembership/Sponsorship 10% EB Program Revenue (JIPs) 7.7% LLSHPTE ATA BEvents 6.4 % Bfederal 31% mbSoxtd (i884. POS) 19% a ' Annual Budget = $1.94M Port Funding = $250,000 4 Appendix Partners Joint Innovation Program (JIP) Zero Emission Fast Foil Ferry Development of an innovative Hydrofoil craft CHALLENGE A zero-emission, clean transit concept for a high-speed hydrofoil craft using lightweight carbon fiber hull construction. Vision is to help relaunch the "Mosquito" fleet & reduce vehicle traffic. A collaborative approach is needed to identify & solve the challenges related to technical, safety, operational risks & financial feasibility. SCOPE VALUE This collaborative JIP will advance through feasibility & demonstration phases with A zero-emission high speed project tasks that may run in succession/parallel. These include: waterborne transportation Advance design spiral from concept to preliminary design, to contract design for construction. alternative in the Puget Sound. Economic & environmental benefits & impacts The foil ferry can offer a safe, Terminal & shoreside infrastructure requirements reliable & cost-effective option, Materials & construction while minimizing the Routing analysis & operations environmental impact on air & Advance detection & avoidance strategies water quality as well as marine Regulatory, testing & permitting Hybrid funding model for first demonstration life. Washington companies to develop state of the art BENEFITS technology & competence to More efficient vessel, reduced emissions, improved commuter & transit options, support our region as a center quieting & strike avoidance to reduce marine mammal impacts, platform for WA of excellence for maritime manufacturing, innovation & economic development. decarbonization. Joint Innovation Project (JIP) - DRAFT Zero-Carbon Maritime Hydrogen Ecosystem through Formic Acid Storage Pathways CHALLENGE PARTNERS Alternative fuels and energy are needed to reduce emissions from transportation and port operations. Hydrogen shows great promise, if it can be generated at scale in our region from renewable energy, as well as stored and transported in a safe manner. Tacoma Power has excess clean hydropower generation that can be utilized to make Green Hydrogen. They also need to provide energy for cold-ironing services to berthed vessels, which have large variances in power demand and timing. SOLUTION VISION Build and scale a Maritime hydrogen ecosystem through a project at the Port of Tacoma that Regional collaboration to make Tacoma, WA the demonstrates the concept of a port-based hydrogen (H2) solution utilizing Formic Acid for production and distribution nerve center for lower cost and safer storage and movement. scaling up the use of clean hydrogen for port and This demonstration features a system that creates a liquid H2 carrier, formic acid, directly maritime applications. from green renewable electricity, water and recycled CO2. This unique technology is provided by two of the partners: OCO Inc., whose electrolyzer technology creates the formic acid as a BENEFITS liquid H2 carrier and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, that provides a reformer This approach provides a large-scale local technology to decompose and release the H2 from formic acid when needed. production and use for Hydrogen in maritime A Tacoma Power will provide the green electricity, which comes primarily from ports that can be stored as a liquid carrier in the hydroelectricity and is 97% carbon free. They will also be the end user of the H2, to generate form of Formic Acid, overcoming some of the key energy on demand for cold-ironing services to berthed vessels. storage and movement challenges. This DNV GL will provide techno-economic modeling so that this demo can be used to provide the demonstration has the potential to show ports, anchor application for scaling-out hydrogen use in other maritime applications like hydrogen utilities, and numerous maritime end-users what fueling for trucks, trains, vessels and a wide variety of cargo handling applications. can be achieved when H2 is used at scale Joint Innovation Project (Proposed) Support and Scale the Whale Report Alert System for CHALLENGE Proposed PARTNERS As a relatively new tool in Washington State, the Whale Report Alert System (WRAS) requires more robust participation from various user groups to improve the data input for cetacean sightings. As such, the challenge is to work with various entities to garner data, facilitate smooth implementation of WRAS, and evaluate WRAS efficacy in Washington State based on how alerts impact mariner actions on the water. SOLUTION Recruit and train users: Education and outreach Implementation Planning w/ operators Develop and deliver trainings Implement WRAS: Work with end-users to operationalized Aggregate visual sittings networks data Provide ongoing support to users Monitor data input Efficacy and Adaptive management: Plan for and develop usage analysis Continued implementation support and data monitoring Integration of Data sources: VISION Expand coordination of data cross-boarder and sector Support and scale use of Whale Reporting and Assessment of hydrophone networks Alert System (WRAS) in Washington waters. Continued improvement and long-term recommendations Joint Innovation Project COVID-19 Early Detection System for Fisheries & Maritime CHALLENGE PARTNERS Every summer 10,000 plus people go to work in the Alaska based fisheries through Washington State. Most of the fishing and processing companies are based in WA as well as the workforce. The entire fishery contributes more that $10 Billion dollars to our economy and is a vital part of our food security supply chain. However - How do we support and enable this activity and workforce in a way that is safe and not contributing to the spread of COVID-19, threatening small communities throughout Alaska and hence, the entire fishery itself? How can we monitor and track the health of the workforce who is VISION particularly high risk due to the nature of the work? Provide the technology and communications platform to allow the fishing and maritime sector to return to work safely and build a pilot that can SOLUTION be scaled to other sectors and regions. A partnership between Maritime Blue, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and Discovery Health MD (DHM) will build, implement and scale an early detection BENEFITS system to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in this high risk workforce. The overall goal for this Program is prevent the IHME will build a survey, provide data analysis, and dashboard for early detection spread of COVID-19 as industries are implementing Survey results will inform and support businesses internal data collection needs back to work initiatives, while maintaining the DHM will work with the Fishing and Maritime industry to support operationalization health of employees and the communities in which Engage in further technology partnership to ensure efficient and safe data transfer to they live or operate. Strategic analyses that utilize and from vessels the survey and testing data will allow us to look for Scale the solution in concert with other contact tracing efforts to be utilized in other a potential for resurgence, protect jobs and protect high risk workforce sectors and eventually to whole communities, regions and states. the global food supply chain
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