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MARAD 11-13
Maritime Administration Announces $1.4 Million for Two LNG Projects MARAD Looks to Natural Gas as a Clean Energy Source for the Industry and Environment
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD)...
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MARAD 08-13
U.S. Maritime Administration Announces $9.46 Million in Support of Shipyards Nationwide Small Shipyard Grant Program Creates Jobs and Increases Economic Competitiveness
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration...
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced that the nation’s shipyards support $36 billion in gross domestic product, as part of a report on the U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry issued today. Acting Maritime Administrator Paul “...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the appointment of seven members to the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Advisory Board. The USMMA Advisory Board serves as an independent body whose purpose is to examine the course of...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration today announced that America’s six state maritime academies will receive an additional $2.3 million total from a government program that recycles obsolete vessels.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today named Colonel (ret.) James Helis, Ph.D., as the new superintendent for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Helis, a 30-year Army veteran, will begin work at the Academy next month after spending the past eight years as a department chair at the...
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