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Thank you for visiting the Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Maritime Administration web site. This page summarizes the policies and responsibilities for the Maritime Administration web site for external audiences.
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Photographs by John Vachon. Date Created/Published: 1942 July. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
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The Maritime Administration (MARAD) and its predecessor agencies, the U.S. Maritime Commission, the War Shipping Administration and the United States Shipping Board, built, owned, operated, or subsidized thousands of merchant...
The South Atlantic Gateway region encompasses the southeastern United States and includes all of the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
This region includes 7 port authorities with 38 commercial deepwater and...
The Mid-Atlantic Gateway region of the United States encompasses six states, to include all or a portion of the states of Delaware, Maryland, lower New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
The Gateway Director serves as an expert on all regional...
The North Atlantic Gateway region encompasses the Northeastern United States and includes all or a portion of the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
This region includes...
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) provides critical maritime transportation outreach activities at our major U.S. gateway ports (see map below), driven by 10 of the largest ports on the West, East, and Gulf Coasts, the Great Lakes and the inland river system. Offices located in these...
Established in 1950 under the auspices of President Harry S Truman’s Reorganization Plan No. 21, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) traces its origins to the Shipping Act of 1916, which established the U.S. Shipping Board, the first Federal agency tasked with promoting a U.S. merchant...
The Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) History Program promotes an understanding and appreciation of America’s merchant marine and maritime past through historical documentation and the preservation and interpretation of the agency's heritage assets. The History Program is also...
Although the international market for maritime transportation services is relatively open for fair competition, there are instances in which governments impose anti-competitive barriers that restrict market access for U.S. maritime interests. Such restrictions add to costs, limit...