Maritime Administration News Releases 2012

Apr 27 2012	North American Cruise Statistical Shapshot 2011 Available Online

Mar 30 2012	DOT Awards $34 Million Contract for New Neches River Facility to Boost Local Economy and Support National Security

Mar 19 2012	Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $9.98 Million to Strengthen U.S. Shipyard Competitiveness

Mar 13 2012	U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $54 Million for Merchant Marine Academy Campus Renovations, Next Step for Strategic Plan

Jan 27 2012	Navy Gets Two High Speed Vessels from Maritime Administration

Jan 9 2012	Statement on USMMA Evacuation of Barry and Jones Halls

Jan 4 2012	United States Merchant Marine Academy Begins Strategic Planning Process

Dec 15 2011	U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Transfers TV KINGS POINTER to Texas A&M University

Dec 9 2011	DOT Federal Funds Available for Small U.S. Shipyards.

Nov 30 2011	Maritime Administration Releases New Designs for Shipping Vessels on America’s Marine Highways

Oct 28 2011	Maritime Administration (MARAD) Releases U.S. Flag Fleet Competitiveness Report

Oct 28 2011	MARAD Conducts Renewable Fuel Technology Tests

Oct 25 2011	MARAD Hosts Anti-Piracy Roundtable with Philippine Maritime Officials

Oct 21 2011	Anti-Piracy Demonstration Scheduled for Nov. 1 in Baltimore

Sep 30 2011	MARAD Approves Title XI Loan Guarantee.

Sep 30 2011	MARAD Funded Mobile Ballast Water Testing Facility Begins Operations.

Sep 28 2011	Maritime Administration Surpasses All Ship Disposal Goals for Suisun Bay

Sep 14 2011	MARAD Hosts Public Outreach Meetings for the Panama Canal Expansion Study and America’s Marine Highway Program.

Sep 7 2011	U.S. Department of Transportation Honors Service of Merchant Mariners on 9/11

Aug 26 2011	U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Names Maritime Industry Advisory Panel

Aug 16 2011	Registration Opens for the 2011 Women on the Water (WOW) Conference

Aug 15 2011	USDOT’s Maritime Administration Announces $9.98 Million in Grants to Small Shipyards

Jul 8 2011	U.S. Maritime Administration Approves Title XI Ship-Construction Loan Guarantee for New York Based Shipholding Group

Jul 8 2011	U.S. Maritime Administration Accepting Bids on Two High Speed Vessels

Jun 14 2011	More Ships at U.S. Ports - Vessel Calls Up by 13 Percent in 2010

May 19 2011	National Maritime Day Honors Sacrifices of Merchant Mariners in War and Peace

Apr 22 2011	Maritime Administrator Matsuda Signs $241 Million Federal Guarantee for Panama City Shipyard

Apr 5 2011	Secretary LaHood Argues Case of Better Transportation Use of America’s Coasts, Waterways

Mar 1 2011	Maritime Administration Reaches Agreement With Department of Energy on Cargo Preference Requirements

Feb 18 2011	U.S. Maritime Administration Celebrates Opening of First West Coast Ship Recycling Facility

Feb 16 2011	Maritime Administration Awards Contracts for $77 Million to Crew and Maintain National Defense Reserve Fleet Ships

Feb 8 2011	Liberty Natural Gas Deepwater Port Facility Public Hearings Cancelled