Keynote Speaker

Mr. Will Watson - Maritime Security

CAMM member #3256-A

Will Watson is Deputy Commissioner of Maritime Affairs in the Office of the Maritime Administrator of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), the world’s third largest maritime registry with over 2,500 vessels weighing in at over 80 million gross tons. Will is a member of the RMI delegation to the United Nations Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia and is liaison on maritime security with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the US Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).

Will is on the Board of Advisors to the National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy and also serves on the board of governors at the Maritime Security Council, the world’s premier organization dedicated solely to the security of the maritime industry.

Prior to joining IRI and the Marshall Islands Registry, Will was a senior editor with Fairplay, the London-based weekly magazine dedicated to the commercial shipping industry. Will was most recently Deputy Editor – Americas at the magazine, which was founded in 1883.

Will is an alumnus of the University of South Carolina and served honorably in the US Air Force, USAF Reserve and the South Carolina Air National Guard. He is an active member of the Council of American Master Mariners (CAMM), the US Naval Institute, the Propeller Club of the United States and the American Legion. He has lectured at the Global Maritime And Transportation School (GMATS) at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS), the International Maritime Law Institute in Malta and at American University and has appeared as an expert on maritime issues on CNN and other television, radio and print venues.

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