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MissionTo formulate national policies and programs for the maintenance, repair, operation and readiness of Government-owned or acquired merchant ships, especially the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF).
Programs and ServicesUnder the general...
The Program
MARAD's Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) program is a partnership between the U.S. Government and the maritime industry to provide the Department of Defense (DoD) with assured access to state-of-the-art commercial sealift and intermodal...
The Maritime Administration Associate Administrator for Strategic Sealift serves as the Chair of TG(OS), and the Office of Sealift Operations and Emergency Response provides the Secretariat. TG(OS) meets several times per year in both entirety and working group sessions. Meetings are held in two...
Questions and...
Under 46 U.S.C. § 56101, U.S. documented vessels 1,000 gross tons and over require Maritime Administration approval to be transferred to foreign ownership, flag and/or registry. Vessels 3,000 gross tons and over are subject to additional financial terms and...
Mr. Moore is currently serving as the Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Federal Sealift at the Maritime Administration (MARAD). He serves as one of three principal deputies to the Associate Administrator for Strategic Sealift and is...
The Mission
The Associate Administrator for the Office of Strategic Sealift, who reports directly to the Maritime Administrator is responsible for the Maritime Administration (MARAD) offices that secure America's maritime interests...
Line engraving published inHarper’s Weekly, 1861, depicting the recapture of the schoonerS.J. Waring by William Tillman.
William Tillman faced a brutal choice: slavery or death.
He was steward and cook onboard the merchant schooner S.J. Waring, about 300...