jerry robel, director of maritime. so peter, i started being a part of peter's maritime department in the late '90's. prior to that, i had come to the port in 1993 and reported through the real estate division back when containers were king and the cruise business was sort of waning and the ship repair business was a conundrum. so i came in focused on the real estate side, looking at -- because ship repair was -- thought it was a ground lease, and cruise was out of destination-retail more than a maritime thing. and then, there was some reorganization, and peter and i and jill and jeff were put together, and renee -- were put together as a marketing department, which is the first i really had an opportunity to work with peter and really understand and respect and value his creativity. peter always remarked to me that i was the lennon to his mccartney, and that we worked really well together when we collaborated. and i saw what he was saying, but many times, i thought well, everybody else might look at me as a stanley la

i'm co-chair of the maritime congress. just following up and one thing the committee feels strongly about is to recognize value of the deep water berth at 30, 32. the entire water front is one of our points at the discussion of the work group when we were looking at the rfi. the criteria for any proposal going forward is maritime berthing availability. there should be enough flexibility to dock a boat whether it's large or small. we think if you do go forward with whatever proposals of the value of the maritime birthing be included in that the commerce committee fought hard at the discussion of the golden warriors proposal to maintain a portion of the maritime use but they ended up choosing a site that was fortunate. that's my major point. one other thing, the last commerce committee we saw the increase in cruise calls is fabulous. we may need another terminal. >> thank you. any owner -- other public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner. >> you were here when the other two projects didn

i'm co-chair of the maritime congress. just following up and one thing the committee feels strongly about is to recognize value of the deep water berth at 30, 32. the entire water front is one of our points at the discussion of the work group when we were looking at the rfi. the criteria for any proposal going forward is maritime berthing availability. there should be enough flexibility to dock a boat whether it's large or small. t

international maritime organization roles limit the sulfur content in maritime fuel.re is a great period but the rules are here to stay and you cannot cheat. if you do, you pay a fine. here are your options. you can buy an exhaust scrubber which cleans out the supper dioxide. most popular are open loop scrubbers but they release a flood into the ocean. the issue, more than 2800 vessels need to make that switch and countries like china and singapore are banning them. price,s with a 2-4,000,000 dollars. or you can use imo compliant feels like diesel and marine gas oil. analysts say demands could grow as much as 2 million barrels a day. the problem, those supplies are tight. refiners can run like gruden get results but you get gasoline as well. -- but can choose heavy that could is an tight supply. anyway you slice it, the result is too much demand and high sky diesel margins. here is what it means for companies. shipments lose money. product spreads go haywire and vessels turn into alternative products like lng. -- 2020 has the power to change this been world -- the shi

the fireboat station is integral to maritime rescue and preparedness not only for san francisco but for all of the bay area. >> fire station 35 was built in 1915, so it's over 100 years old. and behind it, we're going to build fireboat station 35. >> so the city's capital planning committee, i think about three years ago, issued a guidance that all city facilities must resist sea level rise. >> fireboat station number 35, construction costs are approximately $30 million, and the construction is over complicated because the float, it's being fabricated in china and will be brought to treasure island where the building -- the actual fire station will be constructed on top of it, and then brought to pier 22 1/2 for installation. >> we are looking at late 2020 for completion of the fireboat float. the historic fire house will remain on the embarcadero. we will still respond out of the firehouse with our fire engine and respond to medical calls and other incidents raratin the district. >> the if a sill has to incorpora incorporate five to 6 feet of sea level rise. it's built on a float that

you talk about the 9.6 billion for cyber along side the air maritime domains. but if you break that down, erg else is purely procurement and acquisition programs. cyber seems to include operations. so, that's not an apples to apples comparison. if you look at acquisition in another book, it says only 2.8, not 9.6, so what's the delta there? >> if you're looking in the weapons book, that is really focused on investment accounts. what we've shown here is full budget for cyber activities and the pillars that are involved in cyber. so, we've got security operations and r&d all included in the 9.6 billion that we gave you. >> so, it's not comparable to the air maritime multidomain land and space figure that's purely acquisition accounts. >> they aren't. in our brief we have shown that the total requirement for those areas as well. so, if you look at the in the weapons book, you'll see a much lower number for ground systems because they're doing vehicle procurement and investment. we're showing overall in the portfolio what's that ground portfolio look like. >> inclu

second, it invests in modernizing capabilities in the air, maritime and land domains. third, it accelerates innovation in technology such as artificial intelligence, hypersonics, autonomy and directed energy. and finally it sustains our force and builds on our readiness gains. it is the largest research development test and evaluation request in 70 years. it is the largest ship building request in 20 years. it includes a 3.1% military pay raise, the largest in a decade. all this with defense spending remaining near a record low as a percentage of our economy. the stakes are clear, if we want peace, adversaries need to know there is no path to victory through fighting us. with that i will turn it over to my colleagues to get into the details. thank you very much and thank you for being here today. >> good afternoon. i'm elaine mccusker deputy comp roller i'm joined by anthony ierar ierardi. to understand our budget it is important to remember where we have been, how we got here and our strategy for the future. deterring our defeating great power aggression is a fundamen

we are seeing an increase in reliance on the maritime system. many are aware that maritime traffic has increased over the last two decades. more than 90% of all global goods being shipped on the high seas. we have new trade routes opening up to the north and new technologies making undersea resources more available. is that our away seas are more heavily used. competition is clearly on. russia andt both china are fielding high-end military capabilities and ideologies that are incompatible with the rules-based international order. brust to be able to compete in that environment, we need to be bigger, better and more ready. that is sort of the outline of this brief. i don't have the agenda slide, but i will talk to our budget in terms of bigger, better and more ready. i want to provide operational context as well and i highlighted some of the challenges going on around the world. navy and marine corps forward deployed at sea, 19,000 sailors. ships, two carrier strike groups. 20,000 sailors, 32,000 marines as well as 5000 sailors and 12,000 marines

in the maritime realm. unfortunately, as the form commandant of the coast guard said, -- former commandant of the coast guard said, we can identify 0% of the intel, -- 0% of the intel, 80% coming in in the maritime basis. the coast guard's doing a great job with inadequate resources. in the bipartisan compromise, they got some additional money for air and marine assets, they could use a heck of a lot more. why don't we get that 80%? why don't they have resources to get that 80% that they know about, and then let's get -- better intel and get the extra 20% and let's scan 100% of the vehicles coming into the border. i've been at the board when are through intuition, a border patrol agent found drug smuggling. i happened to be there today. guy drove up to the border, he had a birthday cake and a bottle of tequila on the seat. the border patrol guy said, hm, something suspicious. take the truck over there. they scoped out the gas tank, they found big blocks of drugs in the gas tank. what was -- was that because

we are seeing an increase in reliance on maritime system. maritime traffic has increased four fold over the last two decades. we have more than 90% of all global goods shipped on the high seas and new trade routes opening up to the north and new technology makes it more available so the take away is that our season is more heavily used. so the competition is clearly on. we know that both russia and china are fielding high end military capabilities. and so for us to be able to compete in that environment we need to be bigger and better and more ready and that's sort of the outline of this brief. i don't have an agenda slide in here but i will talk to the budget in terms of bigger, better and more ready. next slide. i want to provide an operation of context as well. i highlighted some of the challenges to the things going on around the world today. we have navy and marine corps deployed at sea. 10,000 marines deployed on carrier ships, we have 20,000 sailors, 32,000 marines deployed ashore and 24,000 marines in the pacific. to cover a few exam

the first g seven economy to join the new silk road project beijing is keen to package it massive maritime rail and road venture as an opportunity for other nations. or usually. we want to strengthen our synergies to enhance cooperation in the infrastructure poorish logistics and maritime transport sector is. in order to build a series of concrete projects along the silk road for you. but critics say the project which is officially known as the belt and road initiative will primarily benefit beijing many countries have expressed on needs about china's growing dominance for italy though the potential economic boost appears to outweigh the perceived risks. italian presidency. is adopting a win win at pro church. the ancient silk road was an instrument of knowledge among people and a tool to share reciprocal discoveries. the new silk road must also be a two way street to share not only goods but also skills ideas knowledge and forward looking solutions to common problems and projects for the future. other e.q. nations notably france and germany are taking a more cautious stance leaders of bot

software content in maritime fuel.race period, but the rules are here to stay and you can't cheat. if you do, you pay a big fine and risk your vessel being labeled as unseaworthy. here are your options. you can buy an exhaust gasoline scrubber, which cleans out sulfur dioxide. the most popular are scrubbers that release a sludge into the ocean. the issue, more than 2800 vessels will still need to make that switch, and certain countries like china and singapore are banning them at a high price, $2 million to $4 million, leaving $500,000 in operating expenses per year. or you can use imo low sulfur compliant fuels like diesel and maritime gas oil. demand for these products could grow as much as 2 million barrels per day. the problem, those supplies are tight. refiners can run this crude and get diesel, but you get this creating a glut. or they can get heavy crude from china and venezuela, but that crude is in tight supply. so anyway you slice it, the result is not enough product, too much demand, and skyhigh diesel margi

the first g seven economy to join the new silk road project beijing is keen to package its massive maritime rail and road venture as an opportunity for other nations. we want to strengthen our synergies to enhance cooperation in the infrastructure poorish logistics and maritime transport sector is. trying in order to build a series of concrete projects along the silk road. you die your true. but critics say the project which is officially known as the belt and road initiative will primarily benefit beijing many countries have expressed on needs about china's growing dominance. for italy though the potential economic boost appears to outweigh the perceived risks. italian presidency. is adopting a win win at pro church. the ancient silk road was an instrument of knowledge among people and a tool to share reciprocal discoveries. the new silk road must also be a two way street to share not only goods but also skills ideas knowledge and forward looking solutions to common problems and projects for the future. other e.q. nations notably france and germany are taking a more cautious stance leaders

the first g seven economy to join the new silk road project beijing is keen to package its massive maritime rail and road venture as an opportunity for other nations. or even. we want to strengthen our synergies to enhance cooperation in the infrastructure poorish logistics and maritime transport sector is. in order to build a series of concrete projects along the silk road for you. but critics say the project which is officially known as the belt and road initiative will primarily benefit beijing many countries have expressed our needs about china's growing dominance for italy though the potential economic boost appears to outweigh the perceived risks. italian president says is adopting a win win at pro church. from the ancient silk road was an instrument of knowledge among people and a tool to share reciprocal discoveries. the new silk road must also be a two way street to share not only goods but also skills ideas knowledge and forward looking solutions to common problems and projects for the future. project if. other e.u. nations notably france and germany are taking a more cautious sta

new international maritime organizational rules limit the sulfur content and maritime fuel.here is a grace. but the rules are here to stay and you cannot cheat. here are your options if you are a shipper. you can buy and exhaust scrubber which cleans out the sulfur dioxide. the most popular ones release a sledge into the ocean. certain countries like china and singapore are banning those. or, you can use low sulfur fuels. analysts say the demand for these products could grow by as much as $2 billion per day. those supplies are tight. refiners can run like crude and get diesel but you get gasoline as well. or they can choose other crude but that is in tight supply. anyway you slice it, the result is not enough product, too much demand, and sky height margins. shippers lose money. or worse, they go bankrupt. crude and products spreads go higher and companies turn to other products like lng. >> earlier this week, i sat down with the ceo of chevron. >> the market has been preparing for this for some time. there are a lot of different options for compliant see. -- compliancy. it

and in our maritime component as well. both of those in particular when you look at the building capability and the modernization of the russian forces that we face there, finally, of concern is my intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance capacity. given that increasing and growing threat of russia. i need more, and in the closed hearing i can go into detail but >> you will have that opportunity at 2:30 today. general, we keep hearing from sources, that maybe we have some redundancy in our nuclear program. we've been guilty for a long time in not addressing our nuclear modernization, we now, faced with the situation we have in russia and china, we would call a triad system, and i think that, people with your background need to respond as to why a triad system is not redundant, and is necessary. >> 1st of all, our strategic nuclear force is critical, to our deterrence and our security. in a triad as part of that force is important as well. the triad gives each one of those legs that the components of the specific qualit

so when someone offered to donate the u-s-s lucid to the stockton maritime museum...or them.rajkovich: "the ship was a real mess when we got it. it was full of junk. there was large holes cut in the side of the hull. there was sliding glass doors, skylights, carpet on the overhead, mirrors everywhere. it was a party boat for many years on the san francisco bay."for more than five years...volunteers have spent countless hours restoring the vessel to her former glory... but they're far from finished...rajkovich: "we have work parties the second and fourth saturday of every month."and nearly 70 years after it first took to sea... they plan to dock the u-s-s lucid on the stockton waterfront when the restoration is complete...to act as a floating museum...and tribute to stockton's own maritime history.rajkovich: "there was 10 shipyards here in stockton that were very active during world war ii. built all kinds of small vessels. this is an example of one of the largest types of warships that was built here." in stockton..olivia degennaro (ken) the stockton maritime museum h

, the modernization that we see in russia's maritime forces. the air force is presently in a rotational basis providing fifth gen affect, bottomer aircraft, et cetera, which need to dpli for deterrent factor and ensure our readiness and capability. i'm looking forward to those being stationed permanently in some numbers within europe as well. >> all right. thank you. let me ask you about our european allies. can you give us a report -- you mentioned some of this in the written testimony. can you give us a report on the work with our european allies, and especially germany, to ensure that they are meeting their nato commitments and have a plan to do so going forward? >> well, as you know we've been working with all our allies. i mentioned up front the cash contribution. so since 2016 that our allays have put another $41 billion into defense. by 2020 it will be $100 billion based on the plans that they had to provide here in december. their contributions have stepped up. we asked for greater force structure to assist in afghanistan. our allies re

and in our maritime component as well. both of those in particular, when you look at the, both the building capability, and the modernization of the russian forces that we face there. and then finally, of concern is my intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance capacity. given that increasing and growing threat of russia. i need, i need more isr. and again, in a closed hearing, i can go into detail. >> you'll have that opportunity at 2:30 today. general scaparrotti, we keep hearing from sources that maybe we have sob redundancy in our nuclear program. now we have been guilty, i think for a long period of time, in not addressing our nuclear modernization. we now are faced with a situation where we have both russia and china, and what we would call a triad system, and i think that people with your background need to respond as to why a triad system is not redundant and is necessary. >> well, sir, first of all, our strategic nuclear forces, is critical to our deterrence, and our security, and in a triad, as a part of that f

the resolution asking you to support the biodiversity goals which we maritime committee supports. we had wonderful conversation about boogers at the water front planning session. peter came to that and encouraged us with a lot of ideas. i was pleased to see some of the policies coming out of that. second thing, i wanted to say that why -- you might say, why is this important to the maritime industry? we operate, the port operates if the crucible of life. water, plants, wildlife in san francisco bay. it happens all over the world. a resolution like this enables us to be more successful in carrying our environment in which we operate. that's one reason you are enabling us to be more successful in stewarding. going up to the next level, any project that happens on this water front, there are enumerable permits to secure. better we can do in saying, here is a resolution it has the word and policy in it, we endorserd these and can use these in our statements of minimization, a whole play of ideas. that's why this is important too. thank you. >> president brandon: thank you. is there an

i think the deep water is value to the site for maritime operations and from a city perspective for emergency response you can see how the site could be extraordinarily valuable but the cost of the pier is what always overtakes the conversation. >> how can it be added to the water transportation system for various uses? >> there was a report that looked at krfrt -- consistent uses and there were negative numbers and we can dust that off and look at it again if you'd like us to explore that option or prepare a solicitation and see what the market has to say to us and then think of our own options. whatever the commission prefers. >> my position would be for to you come back and bring us solicitation proposal with the guidelines. >> if we lad to invest in the -- if we had to invest in the pier with the seawall and upgrades and sea level rising, what cost at. money would we have to invest. >> we'll have more on the cost of the linear foot of the waterfront. >> i'd like to step back to the mall plan assessments which are by no means precise but there's the sub structure not holding weight. if you

the maritime border. the number of trespassers on the on the land border between turkey and greece is increasing so there's a threat of a next big wave because the policy of european union is still kind of considered as an invitation in the minds of those people who are in the in the situation that they can make a decision through completely ok i get your point now to a different topic there russian led international investment bank is moving to budapest changing had quarters hungary is top contributor with the lowest number of loans what's a calculus behind it what's the logic. look and now the situation started to change so the international investment bank is getting involved in more and more projects in hungary financing them we have just inaugurated the first food industry investment big one. was the one to contribute ideas cooperation with the hunger and exam bank is getting tighter and tighter now even the biggest hungary and companies are working together to be on the financing there was the first

handcuffed and escorted off the vessel the incident comes only a day after that you decided to suspend maritime patrols in the mediterranean where thousands have been rescued the e.u. is now relying on air patrol. joining me now is keith mccullough a journalist for the times of malta in the letter welcome to you know what is the current situation on the ship and what's going to happen to the refugees. well this situation has evolved rather quickly it's taking the form more and more of a bizarre accident it's started off early reports that it was a high jet by receiving was mentioned but then eventually it transpired that it was more of a case of the crew being overpowered by a group of migrants a group of about one hundred and the migrants which had been saved often have been coasts and who lay refusing to go back to libya apparently their just a geisha for refusing to go back east that they feared for their life it's also worthwhile mentioning the number of children the number of women on them on the ship. since then the maltese authorities have disparaged the armed forces the armed forces sto

san francisco is surrounded on three sides by water, the fire boat station is intergal to maritime rescuefor san francisco, but for all of the bay area. [sirens] >> fire station 35 was built in 1915. so it is over 100 years old. and helped it, we're going to build fire boat station 35. >> so the finished capital planning committee, i think about three years ago, issued a guidance that all city facilities must exist on sea level rise. >> the station 35, construction cost is approximately $30 million. and the schedule was complicated because of what you call a float. it is being fabricated in china, and will be brought to treasure island, where the building site efficient will be constructed on top of it, and then brought to pier 22 and a half for installation. >> we're looking at late 2020 for final completion of the fire boat float. the historic firehouse will remain on the embarcadero, and we will still respond out of the historic firehouse with our fire engine, and respond to medical calls and other incidences in the district. >> this totally has to incorporate between three to six feet

silk road which is the maritime so i'll go over the boats go so this is attached as a bunch of eurasia when i'm speaking about eurasia go down all the way to oceana and that all the way to western europe now italy of course plays a massive part in all of this this is a focus on infrastructures of focus on manufacturing materials construction railways and so there's a lot being done here we're talking about a trillion plus dollars in investment on the behalf of china to make this happen so break it down to italy itself and this is why the good thing for them right now they have two main goals here and when you have a group like this side while you're basically killing these two birds with one stone they want the deficit between trade with them in china to be lowered which means they could export more to china which is a huge one and also they want some infrastructure help so that would be the chinese bank the big one beijing based asian infrastructure investment bank so they're giving money towards these types of projects and these types of projects will be happening in italy in that gr