As widely predicted, the two AustalUSA built former Hawaii Superferries, Huakai, and Alaka, are at last going to wind up under Navy control. Shipbuilding guru Tim Colton has found the following tucked
The U.S. Maritime Administration has announced that $9.98 million in federal funding is now available through its Small Shipyard Grant Program to help enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of qualified small U.S.
Maritime unions are up in arms and calling for the resignation of U.S. Maritime Administrator David Matsuda, following the release of a MarAd report that compares the costs of U.S.-flag and foreign-flag
Rear Admiral Wendi B. Carpenter, USNR (Ret.) became the tenth president of SUNY Maritime College – and the first woman to hold the office – in a ceremony held August 31 in
The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has announced the approval of a $210.9 million Title XI loan guarantee supporting the recent construction of two articulated tug-barge units that are currently in performing opertions on
STX Marine reports that it will be providing the designs for two new contracts recently secured by Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Panama City, Fla. The first contract is for a 310 ft
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood yesterday released a report that, he says, “will serve as a roadmap to the future in creating and further strengthening the nation’s marine highways” Prepared by Marad,
House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Chairman Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.) set a no-nonsense tone when he opened up a hearing yesterday to review the Administration’s budget requests for the U.S. Coast
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s FY 2012 budget request includes just $358 million for all U.S. Maritime Administration activities. However, the request for Marad’s Operations and Training is $162 million, an increase
Boats, Inc., Warren, R.I., has been adding to its order book. Recent contract include an award by the Maine Department of Transportation to build a 110-foot passenger ferry for the Casco Bay
