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Office of Ship Operations

Mission

To 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 Services

Under the general...

Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA)

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 equipment when DoD deploys...

(NATO) and the Transport Group (Ocean Shipping)

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...

National Security Multi-Mission Vessel

Maritime Administration National Defense Reserve Fleet Industry Day

Presentation National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) Recapitalization Industry Day U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, May 22, 2018 Questions and Response

Questions and...

Transferring U.S. Flag Vessels to Foreign Ownership (Reflagging)

The Program

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 conditions...

Deputy Associate Administrator for Federal Sealift

Nominated in 2019, Captain Harrington serves as Deputy Associate Administrator for Federal Sealift, within the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD), his portfolio includes responsibility for federal sealift programs that provide for the Nation’s requirements during...

Office of Strategic Sealift

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 through a series of...

A Story of High Seas Heroism

The Story of William Tillman

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...