General

Legacy ID

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 Operations, Fleet...

U.S. Center for Maritime Innovation

The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA) directs the Secretary of Transportation, through a competitive cooperative agreement, to establish a United States Center for Maritime Innovation to support the study, research, development, assessment, and...

SAFE-T

SAFE-T Web-based Toolset

MARAD partnered with Energy and Environmental Research Associates, LLC. (EERA) to design and create the Ship Alternative Fuel and Emissions Toolkit (SAFE-T) a web-based suite of tools for vessel owner/operators to use when considering actions to reduce greenhouse gas...

Exploring Liquid Hydrogen Tank Technology for Zero-Emission Fuel Cell Vessels

The U.S. Maritime Administration’s Maritime Technical Assistance (MTA) program provided the funding for the following study to understand how LH2 tanks could be optimized for maritime use, and how that tank optimization could benefit the design, performance and cost of hydrogen fuel cell ships....

USDOT Announces $450 Million For Ports Available Through the Port Infrastructure Development Program

WASHINGTON – As a part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $450 million in Federal Fiscal Year 2024 funding through MARAD’s Port...