HI HCR40

Requests Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HEMA) to establish a two-year task force in conjunction with the Department of Transportation's Harbors Division to address findings from the July 2022 Resiliency Assessment report on maritime transportation.

Task force must address three key findings: lack of formalization and testing for alternate port and Reverse Hub and Spoke concepts; insufficient security protocols in Memorandums of Understanding; and insufficient examination of alternate ports other than Pearl Harbor.

Task force composition includes the HEMA Administrator (chairperson), Deputy Director of Transportation/Harbors Division, Executive Director of Hawaii Harbors Users Group, and other representatives as needed.

Task force must submit a preliminary report to the Legislature by December 1, 2023, and a final report with findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation by December 1, 2024.

Addresses Hawaii's critical maritime transportation dependency, with approximately 80 percent of inbound products transiting through the Port of Honolulu, which serves supply chains for the state and Pacific territories.