Study of Marine Diesel Soot Emissions Using Oxygenated Fuel Blends

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Announces New Members of Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg today announced the appointment of 25 new members to the Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee (MTSNAC). The MTSNAC Charter will advise the Secretary, through the Maritime Administration (MARAD)...

May 2022 NDRF Inventory

The National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory is a monthly federal property accounting report for vessels under the ownership or custody of MARAD. The report further officially assigns vessels to an Accountable MARAD Division.

Produced and Distributed by MAR-610, Office of Ship...

2022 April NDRF Inventory

The National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory is a monthly federal property accounting report for vessels under the ownership or custody of MARAD. The report further officially assigns vessels to an Accountable MARAD Division.

Produced and Distributed by MAR-610, Office of Ship...

MARAD Announces Four New Marine Highway Project Designations Projects will be eligible for historic funding to help address supply chain bottlenecks

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced the immediate designation of four new Marine Highway Projects as part of the America’s...

January 2022 NDRF Inventory

The National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory is a monthly federal property accounting report for vessels under the ownership or custody of MARAD. The report further officially assigns vessels to an Accountable MARAD Division.

Produced and Distributed by MAR-610, Office of Ship...

February 2022 NDRF Inventory

The National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory is a monthly federal property accounting report for vessels under the ownership or custody of MARAD. The report further officially assigns vessels to an Accountable MARAD Division.

Produced and Distributed by MAR-610, Office of Ship...

USS CHANDELEUR

U.S. Maritime Commission type C3-S1-B1

One of the many variations on the standard C3 design, USS Chandeleur (AV-10), was a seaplane tender, the only vessel of its type. Several earlier seaplane tenders had been constructed from converted C3 hulls, but only Chandeleur...

SS PRESIDENT WILSON

U.S. Maritime Commission type P2-SE2-R3

The most efficient means to transport large groups of people, even into the 1970s, was the troop transport ships, which were a key part of the U.S. Maritime Commission’s shipbuilding program.  The commission built transport-oriented subtypes...

SS UNITED STATES

U.S. Maritime Commission/Maritime Administration type P6-S4-DS1

In June 1952, SS United States became the final U.S. Maritime Commission vessel to be delivered, nearly two years after the agency ceased to exist.  Operated by U.S. Lines, United States had a 17-...