Washington, D.C.—In a bid to jump-start a stalled funding process, the Republican-controlled Senate Appropriations Committee has released all 12 of its annual spending bills for fiscal year 2021. Democrats welcomed… Read More
Mark Buzby
Washington, D.C.—A new subcabinet agency formed in part to recommend actions to maintain and modernize transportation on the nation’s inland waterways will lead an effort to map the waters of the… Read More
The Shipbuilders Council of America, the national association representing the U.S. shipyard industry, recently honored Maritime Administrator Mark H. Buzby with the SCA Maritime Leadership Award during this year’s virtual advocacy meeting. … Read More
Washington, D.C.—Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is working on legislation to give the Maritime Administration (MarAd) specific emergency authority to provide financial relief… Read More
An old-fashioned Washington stalemate or just the opening bid for more talks? First came House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her fellow top Democrats with their latest coronavirus-relief package that… Read More
On March 2, the Department of Transportation announced the funding availability of $225 million in discretionary grants for ports under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). It’s certainly good news… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) gave ports across the nation a generous Valentine’s Day gift valued at more than $280 million when it announced grants for more… Read More
Maritime Administrator Adm. Mark Buzby presented a check for $18 million to Beaumont, Texas, for the Port of Beaumont Multimodal Corridor Expansion and Improvement Project on November 15. The grant… Read More
The Maritime Administration recently announced nine new Marine Highway designations. Designation is supposed to give projects better access to federal grant programs. Three of the new designations are for ferry… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Keeping its lead on fiscal year 2020 appropriations, the U.S. House voted 226–203 to approve a $982.8 billion “minibus” bill that includes $7.36 billion for the U.S. Army Corps… Read More
