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- Secretary Lewis Announces Plan To Transfer MarAd To DOT Maritime Reporter, Jul 1981 #4
Secretary of Transportation Drew Lewis announced recently an Administration plan to transfer the Maritime Administration from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Transportation.
"The transfer is the first step in carrying out President Reagan's commitment to revitalization of the U.S. maritime industry," Secretary Lewis said.
"I intend to work personally with the Maritime Administration to promote the President's goals for the development and progress of our marine commerce," the Secretary added.
The proposed shift has the concurrence of Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige. Secretary Lewis said he had been working closely with the Secretary of Commerce and with Samuel B. Nemirow, the current Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, in planning the transfer. The enabling legislation is being prepared for early submission to Congress.
Under the transfer plan, Secretary Lewis said U.S. export performance would be improved "through better coordination of the inland waterways and surface transportation systems, as well as port access and development, with the maritime industry." The plan is a simple transfer, Secretary Lewis said. No changes in statutory functions would result from the proposed transfer.
Rail, truck, air and waterborne commerce would be under a single Cabinet department—the plan envisioned when the Department of Transportation was established in 1967.
The Maritime Administration was created in 1950 to promote and sustain the U.S. ocean shipping industry. It assists the maritime industry in ship design and construction, in research and development and in market development.
President Reagan has called the maritime industry a "key c o n t r i b u t o r to our economic strength and security. Its continued growth and prosperity," he said, "are necessary to the economic renewal we all seek." When the proposed transfer occurs, MarAd will be the eighth operational agency in the Department of Transportation, which already houses two other marine organizations—the United States Coast Guard and the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
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- 2023 Shipbuilding Report: US Passenger Vessels Marine News, Feb 2023 #30
, will be able to transport up to 599 passengers, and 15 vehicles.In New York harbor, the Staten Island Ferry (operated by the city’s Department of Transportation) saw the commissioning of its third newbuild, Dorothy Day, in late 2022, joining SSG Michael H. Ollis, and Sandy Ground, which joined the
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- NYC Requests Proposals For Use Of High-Speed Passenger Vessels Maritime Reporter, Aug 1978 #24
The Tri-State Regional Planning Commission and the New York Department of Transportation, Bureau of Ferries and General Aviation Operations, is engaged in a United States Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration Demonstration Project to test the feasibility of using
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- San Francisco Dedicates New Ferry Terminal Maritime Reporter, Aug 1978 #28
the Golden Gate Bridge District Ferry System "an important transportation link to San Francisco's new downtown," civic dignitaries and U.S. Department of Transportation officials recently dedicated the new $3-million San Francisco Ferry Terminal at the foot of Market Street east of the historic
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- Financing Sources for U.S. Government Programs Maritime Reporter, Apr 2000 #14
Recent growth in ferry construction, particularly in the U.S., has been significant. The U.S. Department of Transportation recently reported that the U.S. marine transportation system annually transports 134 million passengers by ferry. Although the U.S. fleet represents a small percentage of the
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- Radio Technical Commission For Maritime Services Annual Meeting Maritime Reporter, Apr 1986 #90
Boundaries—The Problems of International Coordination and Planning," by David C. Scull, Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of Transportation. " T r a n s i t i o n i n g Into the FGMDSS in the United States," by Capt. Robert E. Fenton, USCG, and Joseph D. Hersey Jr., U.S. Coast
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- NAVY SEALIFT SHIP PROGRAM TO INJECT $1.3 BILLION INTO U.S. MARITIME INDUSTRY DEFENSE DEPARTMENT PLANNING 5 YEAR PROGRAM Maritime Reporter, Feb 1991 #46
national defense features that are not available in sufficient numbers or types in the active U.S.- owned commercial industry. The Department of Transportation is responsible for determining whether adequate manpower is available to support the operation of reserve ships during a crisis. In
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- A W O Annual M e e t i n g To Be Held In Washington, D.C. April 6 -7 Maritime Reporter, Mar 1989 #51
1989 and, following that meeting, will host a cocktail reception in honor of the Honorable Sam Skinner, the new Secretary of the Department of Transportation. Friday, April 7, kicks off at a 7:30 a.m. breakfast with an address by Hobart Rowen, chief economics correspondent for The Washington Post
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- Guralnick Associates Awarded Study Contract By State Of Alaska Maritime Reporter, Feb 1981 #33
r of the prominent San Francisco firm of naval architects and marine engineers. In making the announcement, Mr. Munroe stated: "The Alaska Department of Transportation intends to replace this vessel with one or more new ships, and will reassign the vessel or dispose of it depending on the outcome of a
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- DOT Releases Port Needs Study Maritime Reporter, Apr 1992 #60
The Department of Transportation (DOT) recently sent to Congress a study assessing the costs and benefits of installing maritime traffic management systems in 23 selected maritime zones throughout the U.S. The management systems are designed to prevent vessel collisions and improve waterborne transpo
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- New Ferry Contract For Over $1-Million Awarded To Offshore Shipbuilding Maritime Reporter, Jan 15, 1983 #21
low bidder among "25 major shipyards" that wanted the North Carolina ferry job. The vessel will be of standard design by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division, with detail work by Bold Craft Engineering of Jacksonville, Fla. The design calls for an open vehicle deck extending the
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- Paul N. Jaenichen - Maritime Administrator, United States Maritime Administration Marine News, Oct 2014 #12
on July 25, 2014. Before his appointment, Administrator Jaenichen served as Acting Administrator beginning in June 2013. He joined the U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration in July 2012 when he was appointed Deputy Maritime Administrator. A career naval officer, retiring in 2012 after
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 43“The industry is an ecosystem which includes owners, managers, mariners, shipyards, equipment makers, designers, research institutes and class societies: all of them are crucial,” – Eero Lehtovaara, Head of Regulatory & Public Affairs, ABB Marine & Ports All images courtesy ABB Marine and Ports provi
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 24as the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and renamed Military Sealift Command in 1970, MSC today not only support the Navy, but we are the Department of Defense’s provider of all sealift. Maritime Reporter & Engineering News recently interviewed Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, U.S. Navy, for insights
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 23offshore wind; and the foreign ? ag Maersk supply WTIV at Seatrium Singapore, together with U.S. ? ag feeder ATBs for transportation and installation of the Empire Wind. Three newbuild SOVs and three conversions/retro? ts were award- ed, too, and 22 CTVs were also announced. The ? rst US rock installa
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 222030. Adding dredges, rock installation vessels, cable layers Langford. “With new lease rounds coming and new opportu- and feeder vessels, the U.S. Department of Energy estimates nities, we do not see a big slowdown for OSW developments a total of 110 vessels.” apart from the obvious project delays and
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 12Back to the Drawing Board When Efficiency Does Not Help Sustainability By Rik van Hemmen y brother and I had a discussion about methanol This study concluded that the Toyota Prius Prime is the green- where we concluded that methanol is a prom- est car you can buy in the United States. ising sustainable
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 6of this tragic event will echo Sobeck is charged to ensure that the U.S. Editor - MarineNews Eric Haun through the maritime, ports and logistics Department of Defense has the appropriate [email protected] community for a generation, and trust it will amount of ready sealift capability, a capabil- Offshore
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 2the Cover: U.S. Navy photograph by Brian Suriani/Released Photo this page: Copyright Björn Wylezich/AdobeStock 16 SOVs: Analyzing the Market Drivers Departments As offshore wind grows globally, so too do the dynamics around SOVs. By Philip Lewis 4 Authors & Contributors 6 Editorial 8 Training Tips for Ships 20
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 42Robinson the Towing Vessel Inspection Bu- Savage Pagan Jayson Robinson has been reau, moving from the operations named Vigor’s vice president of department to member services. fabrication. Webb Institute Promotes Austal USA Names Martin Parsons VP Webb Institute has promoted Mi- Austal USA has named
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 40Arnold, built by C&C Marine and Repair in Belle 12-inch General Eisenhower, and the 8-inch General Swing. Esperanza “Hope” Andrade The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) christened its new ferry in Galveston Bay. Named for the ? rst female chair of the TxDOT and ? rst Latina Secre- tary of State
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 21and opera- The notice includes an upfront issue: the need to mitigate tions pose consequences for maybe the next 100 years. con? icts with U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) ac- Safe transit: Coast Guard has “several equities” tivities. BOEM explains that in certain areas the Air Force BOEM’s December
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 18urgency of ad- The recent Executive Order aims to bridge these gaps dressing vulnerabilities in a sector that drives over $5.4 tril- by enhancing the Department of Homeland Security’s au- lion in economic activity annually. This initiative is not thority to mitigate maritime cyber threats and sign
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 15Q&A time, sometimes we win in game seven, but it really takes now to make sure that folks understand that tug and barge a united industry, and so I just really appreciate the great transportation is the most sustainable mode of freight work of AWO members, of coalition partners, shippers, transportation?
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 12testing modalities that have been approved. We are the challenges involved as well as forthright in describing all strongly supporting the Department of Transportation’s de- the bene? ts so that folks know that the industry is out there cision to allow oral ? uid testing as a drug testing alterna- and
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 8$158 billion moved on the U.S. inland waterways system, which includes a vast network of 12,000 miles of connecting waterways and 219 locks. The U.S. Department of Transportation Freight Analysis Framework freight forecasts suggest total water tonnage will increase at an annual growth of 0.7% per year through
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 6Marine News April 2024 • Volume 35 Number 4 Contributors 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 1 Tom Ewing 5 Barry Parker is a freelance writer specializing in marine, energy and envi- of bdp1 Consulting Ltd provides strategic and tac- ronmental issues. He contributes regularly to this magazine. tical support, including
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 42OPINION: The Final Word GAO: USCG Should Address Workforce Recruitment and Retention Challenges By Heather MacLeod, Director, GAO’s Homeland Security and Justice team he Coast Guard has strug- Coast Guard established cyberspace as vessels to determine whether they meet gled for years to recruit an
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 38TECH FEATURE Ammonia and the 15,00 A project initiated by Seaspan Corporation and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) has set out to develop a design for a large 15,000-TEU ammonia-fueled container vessel. Image Seaspan Corporation/Foreship By Greg Trauthwein orking with
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 29AMERICAN ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF CARRIER (ARC) operate a US ? ag ship just for the MSP customer through that global network. As an example of “clarity and con- stipend. It’s a cargo driven industry, and We are certainly a unique business unit sistency,” Ebeling points ? rst to “the those cargoes help to
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 28COVER FEATURE times of con? ict or in other national said Ebeling. “If you look at Iraq and tors bring to the table, all provided by emergencies, and the program also Afghanistan, 98% of those cargoes the MSP ? eet, and it would cost the provides DoD access to MSP partici- were transported to the
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 27ship security, and that’s increasingly (and The MSP ? eet is available to support in MSP, Endurance is still the most equally) important.” U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) militarily useful vessel in the U.S.-? ag The Maritime Security Program sustainment sealift requirements during ? eet.” The
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 12Maritime Risk Top Marine Business Risks in 2024 By Rich Soja, North American Head Marine, Allianz Commercial yber incidents such as ransomware attacks, data linked to several large ? re incidents at sea in recent years. breaches, and IT disruptions are the biggest worry Regularly assessing and updating
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 11down to a smaller size, and especially a smaller width relieves waterfront infrastructure footprints and costs. that issue. One may argue that one human with a bigger truck These 5-foot wide units will zip through the city much faster can deliver more cargo than one human with a smaller truck, and
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 10Back to the Drawing Board Let’s Set Some Standards for Micro Cargo By Rik van Hemmen s zero carbon cargo efforts are progressing, it is becoming more apparent that the lowest hanging fruit is in the last few miles. This is where a large amount of carbon is expended in delivering small A parcels to
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 4process, or service does not munication and subediting. of Inland Marine for global com- imply its endorsement by the mercial insurer Allianz Commer- Department of Defense or De- Lewis cial based in New York. partment of the Navy. Philip Lewis is Director Research at Intelatus Global Partners. He van Hemmen