Recognition Programs

Workforce Development

Port Planning and Investment Toolkit

In recent years, ports have emphasized their need for a go-to guide to plan, fund and execute critical repair and project upgrades. While the public largely remains unaware that ports receive and move out billions of dollars in goods today and will require the capacity to handle trillions of...

Data Statistics

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Statute Regulations and Guidance

The below links will take you to U.S. Code of Statute: 46 USC Chapter 537: LOANS AND GUARANTEES and U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): 46 CFR 298: OBLIGATION GUARANTEES.

American Fisheries Act

The American Fisheries Act of 1998 (AFA) is a law that places restrictions on the types of entities allowed to hold mortgages on (or share ownership of) vessels with a registered length of 100 feet or more. Specifically, to...

Deputy Associate Administrator and National Coordinator for Maritime Education and Training

Shashi N. Kumar, Ph.D., Master Mariner, joined Federal Senior Executive Service in January 2007 and was appointed the Maritime Administration’s first Deputy Associate Administrator and National Coordinator of Maritime Education and Training in November 2015.  He is the Founding Dean of...

The Maritime Administration’s First 100 Years: 1916 – 2016

The year 2016 marked 100 years since the founding of the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) first predecessor agency, the United States Shipping Board (USSB). The Shipping Act of 1916 created the USSB, the first Federal agency tasked with promoting a U.S. merchant marine and regulating U.S....

Glossary of Maritime Terms

Suggested Assignments for Use in the Classroom