REMARKS AS DELIVERED
LUCINDA LESSLEY, ACTING MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR
AAPA FACILITIES ENGINEERING SEMINAR 
APRIL 12, 2022
 
Introduction

Thank you to [Chris Connor, President &...

Associate Administrator for Environment and Compliance
Maritime Administration/MARAD
U.S. Department of Transportation

Michael Carter is the Associate Administrator for Environment and Compliance at the...

The Maritime Commission designed this coastal cargo ship to be used by the British Ministry of War Transport and all 36 built were transferred to that country as part of the Lend-Lease program. The vessels were among the smallest self-propelled cargo...

U.S. Maritime Commission design type VC2-S-AP2

The Victory ship was 445 feet long with a capacity of 10,850 deadweight tons, slightly more than its forerunner the Liberty ship. Most importantly, the vessel was capable of a speed of just over...

U.S. Maritime Commission type T3-S2-A1

From 1934-1942 the U.S. Maritime Commission focused on mainly building dry cargo carriers to replace the aging and slow World War I-era vessels that made up the majority of the U.S. cargo fleet. The...

The National...

The National...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced the availability of nearly $20 million in Fiscal Year 2022 Federal funding to support funding to help modernize small, U.S. shipyards...