• The MTS initiative seeks to ensure a safe and environmentally sound world-class marine transportation system that improves the global competitiveness and national security of the United States.

• Assuring that merchant shipping is available in time of war or national emergency.

   

  Ship Scrapping Industry Meeting Information
  Maritime Security Program - MSP
  Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement - VISA
  National Defense Reserve Fleet - NDRF
  Ready Reserve Force - RRF
  Foreign Transfer
  NATO and the Planning Board for Ocean Shipping

  Ship Donation Program (SDP)

• Monitoring the administration of and compliance with U.S. cargo preference laws and regulations by Federal agencies.

   

  • Ship Operations Cooperative Program - SOCP

  • Cargo Preference

  • PR17 Waiver

  • Financial and Rate Approvals

  • EXIM Bank Form F Data Filing

• Supporting a shipbuilding industrial base for national security objectives and promote a self-sufficient internationally competitive industry.

   

  • National Defense Tank Vessel Construction Program - Request for Proposals (RFP) (NEW)

  • Title XI Financing

  • National Maritime Resource and Education Center - NMREC

  • Capital Construction Fund (CCF)

  • Capital Reserve Fund (CRF)

• NEW   Final Environmental Assessment ...
  Transfer of National Defense Reserve Fleet Vessels from the JRRF for Disposal at Able UK Facilities...                          

  Appendix A: Appendix B: Appendix C: Appendix D: Appendix E:

  Transfer of National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) vessels Fonsi NOA Marad
  Transfer of National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) vessels FONSIUKEA 2
  Transfer of National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) vessels FONSIAble UK
   

   MARITIME ADMINISTRATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF COMMENT PERIOD FOR DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT                                                                             
   

• MA-1024 Ports Survey
  MA-1024A Marine Terminals Survey
  MA-1024B River Port Survey
   
• E- Seals Report
  Part I                                                                               Word                          PDF
  Part II                                                                              Word                          PDF

• SecurePort

   

  Promotes and provides technical assistance to ensure that U.S. waterways, ports and intermodal connections are able to compete in the global economy of the new Century.

   

  Inland Waterways
  Container -On- Barge Study Pre-Feasibilty Study/

  Container -On- Barge Study - PDF

  
  This report is funded as a Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. Maritime Administration and the Port of Pittsburgh Commission.                                                                    

  Appendix A - E (I )   - PDF
  Appendix E (2) - J    - PDF
  Appendix K (I) - O    - PDF

• Container -On- Barge Study - Powerpoint presentation (Spanish)
  
  Intermodal Development:

  Cargo Handling Cooperative Program (CHCP)
  Intermodal Access to US Ports and Marine Terminals
  Inventory of American Intermodal Equipment
  Efficient Marine-Rail Interface
  Heartland Intermodal Partnership - HIP

• Environmental Activities:

  Artificial Reefing Letter Application
  Artificial Reefing Application
  Industry Environmental Support
  Marine Air Emissions
  Ballast Water Management

• Domestic Shipping:

  Domestic Shipping Overview
  Short Sea Shipping Initiative
  Coastal Shipping Initiative
  Maritime Administration Assistance to Shippers
  Small Vessel Waiver Program
  Ferry Initiative
  Inland Container on Barge

• Ports:

  MARAD Port Economic Impact Kit
  Port Facility Conveyance Program
  Center for the Commercial Deployment of Transportation Technologies Port Readiness
  Public Port Capital Expenditure Analysis
  Port Risk Management
  Port Finance
  Port and Cargo Security
   

• Bilateral Relations and Agreements

• Agreement on Maritime Transport between the United States and Peoples Republic of China;
  Memorandum of Consultations with China

• Agreement on Maritime Transport Between the United States and the Russian Federation

• Agreement on Maritime Transport Between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the United States

• Exchange of letters with Japan and related documents

• Memorandum of Consultation with Japan

Supporting the training of merchant marine officers and crew members with a focus on safety in U.S. waterborne commerce.

• U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

• State Maritime Academies

• Supplemental Training and Safety

• Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Futures Program

• American Fisheries Act

• Shipbuilding Community Calendar of Events

• Research

• Inland Waterways Research Project