Maritime Administration Executive Director Joel Szabat joined federal, state and local officials and environmental groups today to mark the completion of an agreement to remove 57 non-retention vessels from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet (SBRF) by...
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- August 3, 2017
- June 29, 2017Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) today found that the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) has successfully satisfied four of five deficient standards of accreditation. These are the standards tied to combatting Sexual...
- May 26, 2017WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced the availability of $9.8 million in Federal funding to support capital improvements and employee training at small U.S. shipyards. The grants, provided...
- April 14, 2017Developed through collaboration between the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD), PFM Group of Orlando, Fla., WSP/Parsons Brinkerhoff of Virginia Beach, Va., and a host...
- March 3, 2017Beaumont, TX – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today welcomed the newest vessel to the Maritime Security Program (MSP) in the strategic port of Beaumont, Texas. Renamed the M/V Liberty Passion, it is the third ship owned...
- February 15, 2017WASHINGTON – The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) today announced that Sea Year training for USMMA Midshipmen will resume on three commercial carriers beginning in March, 2017. The reinstatement of the program follows the implementation of...
- October 26, 2016Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced $4.85 million in grants to six Marine Highway projects along the waterways of 17 states and the District of Columbia. The goal of the Maritime Administration’s Marine Highway Program is to...
- June 6, 2016PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administrator Paul “Chip” Jaenichen today joined Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo and Senator Jack Reed, along with state and local officials, to christen a new crane barge, marking...
- January 22, 2016WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that DOT has awarded contracts with a total award value of $1.96 billion over eight years to seven U.S. maritime firms to manage, maintain and operate 48 National Defense Reserve...
- January 5, 2016WASHINGTON–The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced the availability of $4.9 million in Federal funding to support capital improvements and employee training at small U.S. shipyards. The grants,...