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Deputy Associate Administrator and National Coordinator for Maritime Education and Training, Ph.D., Master Mariner Deputy Associate Administrator for Federal Sealift

Document Library

Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report Revisions to the NRC decommissioning regulations in 1996 introduced the Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR). The PSDAR includes a description of a licensee’s planned decommissioning activities, an estimate of the cost...

Artificial Reefing

USNS VANDENBERG in 2015 was reefed by the Maritime Administration on May 27, 2009 and is the second-largest artificial reef in the world. Photo courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

What is artificial reefing?

Artificial reefing is the process of...

SINKEX

What is the SINKEX Program?

SINKEX, short for "sink at-sea live-fire training exercises", is program run by the United States Navy that arranges for decomissioned Naval warships to be used in live-fire training. This gives Navy personnel the opportunity to use real...

Ship Dismantling/Recycling

MARAD periodically needs to dismantle its ships and recycle those parts and materials. MARAD has been allocated limited federal funds to pay commcercial companies to perform dismantling, recycling, and related follow-up work.

How it Works

When a MARAD-...

Ship Donation

What is Ship Donation?

Ship donation is the process of transferring ownership, anchorage, and management of an obsolete ship in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) to a qualified public or non-profit organization. Organizations receiving a donated...

Ship Disposal Program

What is the Ship Disposal Program?

Per the Federal Property and Administrative Service Act of 1949, MARAD serves as the U.S. Government’s disposal agent for merchant type vessels that are 1) 1,500 gross tons or more and 2) no longer useful for defense or aid missions...