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General

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Eligibility for Conveyance

To acquire surplus Federal real and related personal property at public benefit discount for port uses, an applicant must be both organizationally eligible and programmatically eligible.

Organizational Eligibility

The following entities, or any political subdivision, municipality, or...

Statutory and Implementing Authority

Statutory Authority

The statutory authority for the Public Benefit Conveyance Program is the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103-160, Section 2927). Disposal of property owned by an...

Program History

The following pieces of congressional legislation combine to form, fund, and regulate activities related to port conveyance and certain activities managed by the Maritime Administration's Port Conveyance Program:

Statutory Authority

The Surplus Property Act of 1944. This act authorized...

Port Conveyance

What is Port Conveyance?

Agencies and departments of the Federal government may find that they own property that they no longer require due to programmatic changes, relocation of resources, or other operational changes. The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended...

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 recieving 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...