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Your Association in Action 67 NACE INTERNATIONAL: VOL. 56, NO. 4 MATERIALS PERFORMANCE APRIL 2017 And our purpose has expanded to include not just corrosion control, but also asset protection. The role our members play within their companies is changing. Our members are increasingly being asked to take on broader responsibility for pro- tecting their company's assets, from threats other than corrosion. Our Core Purpose provides a gateway to allow us to be more responsive to member and stake- holder needs. This is why we exist; our noble cause; our Core Purpose. We hope you can embrace it. Core Purpose is the first element of our Core Ideology. We'll address "How we expect to behave with one another" next month. This article is also maintained as part of an ongoing series of posts on the NACE web site: nace.org/About-NACE/ NACE-International-Strategic-Plan. NACE International's Maritime Program By Buddy Reams, Chief Maritime Officer, NACE International N ACE International has been serv- ing the oil and gas, pipeline, and infrastructure industries for nearly 75 years. It is recognized globally, notably in those professions, as the author- ity when it comes to corrosion. This is due to the expertise, experience, passion, and participation of the tens of thousands of NACE International members worldwide. Corrosion of materials is a reality for any commercial business and that is all the more so for an industry that operates in and upon the water. The maritime industry, particularly shipping, has been around for thousands of years and is, largely, an invisible global economic engine that is second to none. It is also a highly regulated industry that, until very recently, had never needed a prescriptive regulatory standard on corrosion. Corro- sion had been, and fundamentally still is, a "cost of doing business" for the industry. Design, construction, and operational issues related to corrosion are typically handled on an ad hoc basis through indus- try best practices and a variety of volun- tary technical standards. Corrosion in ballast water tanks, an issue that was being addressed within the shipping industry for 15+ years, culminated with the Performance Standard for Protec- tive Coatings (PSPC) in 2008. NACE Inter- national's Coating Inspector Program (CIP) certification was recognized as an industry standard and incorpo- rated by reference into the requirement. In 2016, after expe- riencing growth in the maritime sector due to the PSPC, NACE estab- lished a chief maritime officer (CMO) staff position to focus on the challenges in the mari- time industry and to leverage NACE's exten- sive body of expertise and experience with corrosion prevention and mitigation. The CMO is a member of the executive leadership team at NACE. The CMO's overarching responsibility is to provide strategic and operational leadership to support the organization's efforts in the maritime market. This function includes developing and executing NACE's plan for the maritime, shipbuilding, and offshore markets, and directing NACE's initiatives within the International Maritime Organi- zation (IMO) and other maritime-related organizations. What is the Maritime Industry? Not everyone thinks of maritime in the same manner. The term itself has multiple definitions: connected with the sea espe- cially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity, living or found in or near the sea, bordering on the sea, etc. As such, it is important to define the term for the purpose of framing the NACE Maritime Program. For NACE, maritime covers any asset (fixed or moveable) that touches a body of water. In that sense, the following are mari- time-related activities for which NACE should have an interest and fall within the NACE Maritime Program: Commercial shipping (open ocean and inland) Continued on page 68