Marine Highway Program

MARAD announces availability of $10.8 million in AMHP grants

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced the availability of $10,819,000 in grant funding for the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP). The AMHP’s purpose is to encourage the use

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SCA member shipyards get $7 million in grants

The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) reports that nine of its members received more than $7 million in the latest round of awards under the U.S. Maritime Administration’s Small Shipyard Grant Program.

MARAD announces new marine highway route designations

MARAD awards $19.6 million in grants to 31 small shipyards

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced the award of $19.6 million in grants to 31 small shipyards in 15 states through the Small Shipyard Grant Program. Since 2008,

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DOT: $1 billion available in RAISE grants

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has announced that he U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $1 billion in Fiscal Year (FY)

MARAD announces new marine highway route designations

MARAD invites applications for $230 million in port infrastructure grants

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encouraging states and port authorities to apply for $230 million in discretionary grant funding for port and

Offshore Jones Act

Biden Admin’s Jones Act affirmation brings wave of relief

February 2021 As we report in both this month’s Inside Washington and Inland Waterways columns, the Biden Administration has been loud and clear in its affirmation of the Jones Act. Secretary of

Pete Buttigieg on RAISE grants

DOT seeks applications for 2021 INFRA grants

U.S. Department of Transportation is seeking applicants for the FY 2021 round of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program to fund transportation projects of national and regional significance that

Buttigieg sworn in a Secretary of Transportation

Former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg, was today sworn in as Secretary of Transportation by Vice President Kamala Harris, after being confirmed by a Senate vote of 86-13, Buttigieg drew

Pete Buttigieg: “I support the Jones Act”

President Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, affirmed his support for the Jones Act at his nomination hearing in the Senate today, drawing applause from the Shipbuilders Council of America.

Buttigieg Nomination Points Way To Greener DOT

January 2021 President-elect Joe Biden seems to have hope that Pete Buttigieg, former presidential candidate and former mayor of South Bend, Ind., could help him sell Congress on a massive job-creating investment

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