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MARAD

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281

The Ships of Mallows Bay

Approximately 30 miles south of Washington, D.C., in the shallow waters of a small Maryland bay, lay the largest tangible remnants of the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) original predecessor, the United States Shipping Board (USSB). For those who navigate in and around the waters of Mallows...

Innovation, Research, and Technology

A strong, competitive U.S. maritime industry is vital to the national and economic security strategy of the United States, and both modernizing and expanding our ports and waterways and intermodal connections calls for innovative solutions.

The Maritime Administration is advancing the...