The clock is ticking for small shipyards hoping to receive funding from a popular Department of Transportation Maritime Administration grant program. Applications for the 2021 installment of the Small… Read More
Small Shipyard Grant Program
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced April 20 the award of $19.6 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) through the Small Shipyard Grant… Read More
The Maritime Administration (MarAd) announced some changes to information that must be included on an application for a Small Shipyard Grant in 2020. (See related item in Washington Waves)… Read More
For small shipyards—defined as those with fewer than 1,200 employees and involved primarily in the repair and construction of commercial vessels—time is fast running out for pursuing funds through… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Maritime programs will receive millions of dollars in new funding under a $333-billion compromise reached by House and Senate conferees to avoid another shutdown for about 25 percent… Read More
The Small Shipyard Grant Program, an annual Maritime Administration grant aimed at bolstering and modernizing smaller shipyards, is in limbo for now due to the partial government shutdown, which… Read More
An 80-ton Grove mobile crane. A Vantage Oil Country lathe. A 440-ton marine Travelift. A laser CNC cutting machine and pipe bending machine. Electrical upgrades. A wash water collection… Read More
Washington, D.C.—A bill authorizing funding for the U.S. Coast Guard stalled in the Senate because it also included the Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act that supporters say would offer… Read More
