MarAd

There have been a total of 61 Jones Act waivers reported by MarAd that can be viewed in brief at https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2026/05/01/jones-act-waivers-reported-by-marad/ as of May 22. Additional details for… Read More

Several projects along the nation’s inland rivers are among those to have received 2025 U.S. Marine Highway Program grants. The U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) announced $13,280,351 in grants for 11… Read More

The National Maritime Center (NMC) announced it began issuing medical certificates electronically via email effective April 1, providing mariners immediate access to their certificates. The new system brought about the… Read More

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the availability of $488,628,000 in Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) funding March 26.  At least 25 percent of the available funding — totaling $122,157,000 — is to be allocated for… Read More

By Dave Matsuda, Small Shipyard Grant Coalition Congress delivered big for the Small Shipyard Grant Program in its Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations, with $35 million available — the most since… Read More

Inland waterways stakeholders interested in some of the many grant programs the federal government has to offer have a direct source for information: the Maritime Administration’s Inland Waterways Gateway Offices… Read More

With President Donald Trump signing H.B. 7148 into law on February 3, Congress has officially appropriated $35 million for the Maritime Administration’s Small Shipyard Grant Program, quadrupling the program from… Read More

Stephen M. Carmel The Senate confirmed Stephen Carmel as the 21st administrator of the Maritime Administration as part of a December 18 en block vote of 53-43. In announcing the… Read More