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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...

Launch Barge Program

Summary

The Maritime Administration’s Launch Barge Program is designed to ensure that the largest of petroleum production platforms can be installed in a safe and timely manner.

The Launch Barge Program has three parts:

We encourage the use of U.S.-flag coastwise qualified...

Small Vessel Waiver Program

What is the Small Vessel Waiver Program? Please contact MARAD's Small Vessel Application Administrator at smallvessels@dot.gov prior to submitting payment or an application. 

The Jones Act requires that vessels operating in coastwise commerce be built in the U.S...

Domestic Shipping

The Jones Act - 46 U.S.C. § 55102

The Merchant Marine Act of 1920, also known as the “Jones Act” (46 U.S.C. § 55102), requires that no vessel may transport any merchandise by water, by land and water, or via a foreign port, for any part of the transportation, between points in the United...