USMMA Superintendent promoted to Vice Admiral
In what looks to have been one of her last official acts before stepping down from the Trump Administration, then Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao promoted U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA)
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Elaine Chao resigns
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao will reportedly resign Monday in the wake of yesterday’s events in which a mob of Trump supporters overran the Capitol. The Hill newspaper quotes a letter from
North Carolina Ferry System gains Marine Highway designation
In a first for the state, the North Carolina Ferry System (NCFS) has been designated as a Marine Highway Project. Issued as part of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) America’s Marine Highway
House Committee asks Elaine Chao for answers to “troubling questions”
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao’s family ties to New York-headquartered bulk shipping operator Foremost Maritime Group are central to questions being asked in a letter sent her today by Rep. Elijah E.
MARAD announces nine Marine Highway project designations
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced the designation of nine Marine Highway Projects and a Marine Highway Route that, together, will benefit Connecticut, Florida, Michigan, New York, Oregon,
Admiral Mark Buzby sworn in as Maritime Administrator
AUGUST 16, 2017 —Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao has sworn in Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, U.S. Navy (Ret.), as the Administrator of the Maritime Administration. Prior to his appointment, Admiral
MARAD: $9.8 million available for Small Shipyard Grants
JUNE 2, 2017 — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) last week announced the availability of $9.8 million in Federal funding to support capital improvements and employee training at small
Senate confirms Elaine Chao nomination
JANUARY 31, 2017 — The U.S. Senate confirmed by a 93-6 vote Elaine Chao’s nomination to be transportation secretary in the Trump administration. Secretary Chao’s nomination was broadly welcomed by the U.S.
Chao: Kings Point will be my first priority at MARAD
JANUARY 12, 2016 — In confirmation hearings, Elaine Chao, President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Transportation, told Senator Roger Wicker that sorting out problems at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Kings Point,
Praise for choice of Elaine Chao as Transportation Secretary
NOVEMBER 30, 2016 – President-elect Donald J. Trump’s selection of Secretary Elaine L. Chao as the next United States Secretary of Transportation is being widely welcomed across the U.S. maritime industry Offering