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Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance (META) Program
The META program promotes the research, demonstration, and development of emerging technologies, practices, and processes that improve maritime industrial environmental sustainability. Since its inception, META’s primary focus areas have been control of aquatic invasive species transported by vessels, and reduction in vessel and port air emissions. These two areas present significant continuing challenges for ship owners and operators, the regulatory community, and the public. As...
Mariners
To read more about becoming a mariner or mariner opportunities.Information Concerning Employment and Training in the U.S. Merchant MarineMany fascinating careers are available in the maritime industry which offers:
- Extensive travel and adventure
- Responsibility
- Excellent pay and benefits
Maritime careers typically belong to one of the following...
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Ships & Shipping
The Maritime Administration has a wide range of activities dealing with ships and shipping.The agency owns and maintains a fleet of cargo ships, the Ready Reserve Force, which stand ready to provide surge sea-lift to the Department of Defense in the event of armed conflict or other emergency.Those ships are a component of the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) which serves as a reserve of ships for national defense and national emergencies.The Maritime Administration manages the Maritime...
Ports
The Gateway to American Waters.
Ports are a vital part of a nation's maritime transportation system. The United States has more than 300 -- operated by states, counties, municipalities, and private corporations. Many of our ports, including the waterways and facilities connecting them, are complicated elements that integrate water, rail, road, and even airborne transportation modes. MARAD is committed to efficiently managing each and every piece of this intermodal transportation...
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy National Register Nominations
There are two National Register listings for the United States Merchant Marine Academy. The academy’s central quadrangle is listed as a National Historic District and the William S. Barstow Mansion, which serves as the American Merchant Marine Museum, is listed separately.
National Maritime Heritage Grant Program
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the National Park Service (NPS) share a mutual interest in preserving the nation’s maritime legacy. The National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5401) authorizes NPS to administer the National Maritime Heritage Grant Program funded through proceeds from the sale of obsolete vessels from MARAD’s National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF). The Program provides funding for maritime heritage preservation and education projects designed to reach broad...
The RRF Response to Hurricane Katrina
In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina battered the U.S. Gulf coast, resulting in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the nation’s history. The hurricane formed in the Bahamas on August 23 and made landfall in Florida before entering the Gulf of Mexico, where it eventually strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane. It weakened to a Category 3 storm before coming ashore near the Louisiana-Mississippi border on the morning of August 30. The powerful storm caused massive damage...
The Maritime Administration’s Haiti Earthquake Response
Destroyed gantry crane at Port International de Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 2010. Photograph by John Spears, Maritime Administration.In the late afternoon of January 12, 2010, a catastrophic 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the small island nation of Haiti, killing an estimated 316,000 people, injuring 300,000 and displacing more than one million.[1] The earthquake’s epicenter was...
