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

   

  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

• 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.

   

  • Title XI Financing

  • National Maritime Resource and Education Center - NMREC

  • Capital Construction Fund (CCF)

  • Capital Reserve Fund (CRF)

• Inland Waterways
  Intermodal Development:

  Cargo Handling Cooperative Program (CHCP)

  Inland Waterways Intermodal Cooperative Program (IWICP)
  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 of the United States and The Socialist Republic of Vietnam

• 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

• U-S Brazilian Maritime Bilateral Agreement
  • English version
  • Portuguese version

• 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

• GMATS

• 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