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Air Transportation: Regulators and Associations
Published in John G. Wensveen, Air Transportation, 2018
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) became an operating unit of the DOT on August 6, 1981. Like its predecessor agencies dating back to the creation of the U.S. Shipping Board in 1916, the MARAD is responsible for developing and maintaining a merchant marine capable of meeting U.S. requirements for both commercial trade and national defense. This dual government role supports the principle that a well-balanced merchant marine and maritime industry is vital to U.S. seapower and contributes to the nation’s economic strength and security.
Air Transportation
Published in John G. Wensveen, Air Transportation, 2016
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) became an operating unit of the DOT on August 6, 1981. Like its predecessor agencies dating back to the creation of the U.S. Shipping Board in 1916, the MARAD is responsible for developing and maintaining a merchant marine capable of meeting U.S. requirements for both commercial trade and national defense. This dual government role supports the principle that a well-balanced merchant marine and maritime industry is vital to U.S. seapower and contributes to the nation’s economic strength and security.
Training for MASS Operations
Published in R. Glenn Wright, Unmanned and Autonomous Ships, 2020
Present-day maritime academies provide extensive education and rigorous practical training where students earn a Bachelor of Science degree along with merchant marine credentials. Such curricula are significantly beyond the usual requirements for a degree alone. Combined with the practical experience acquired through a semester at sea, the amount of time dedicated to the completion of basic maritime education is substantial.
The U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry’s considerations of coastal hazards resilience - a baseline survey
Published in Maritime Policy & Management, 2022
David Hill, Austin Becker, Athena Vieira
The U.S. Shipbuilding Industry includes repair and build operations, both of which play a critical role in supporting the U.S. maritime economy. Between 1987 and 2020, the U.S. shipbuilding industry delivered over 54,000 ships, boats, and ocean-going and inland barges, including 577 military vessels (shipbuildinghistory.com 2022) (Figure 1). The U.S. maritime industry is supported by U.S. government policies that include the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (a.k.a. the Jones Act), which mandates that commerce between U.S. ports must be conducted by U.S.-built, owned, flagged, and crewed vessels (Clark et al., 2019). The Jones Act helps sustain the U.S. shipbuilding industry. The seven major shipyards that construct Navy and Coast Guard ships generally do not build commercial vessels and smaller shipyards which may have contracts to build smaller military ships depend on Jones-compliant commercial vessel orders to stay in business. Of 40,000 vessels in the U.S. Domestic Fleet (tugs, barges, ferries, dredges, offshore supply vessels, etc.), fewer than 100 are large Jones Act-compliance vessels (Clark et al., 2019).