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Marad seeks construction manager for new training ship

11 October 2018

The first National Security Multi-Mission Vessel is expected to be delivered in 2022. SUNY Maritime image.

The U.S. Maritime Administration is seeking a vessel construction manager to oversee the building of the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel, a new class of training ship that will replace aging vessels used by U.S. maritime academies.

The request for proposal issued Oct. 11 solicits potential construction managers to be selected by Marad to “contract with a qualified shipyard to ensure that commercial best practices are utilized in delivering the NSMV on time and on budget,” the agency said...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/marad-seeks-construction-manager-for-new-training-ship/

After Decades Of Failure I Am Confident Short Sea Shipping Will Return To The USA. Here’s Why Along With A Word Of Caution.

28 September 2018

Today’s episode of The REAL gCaptain Podcast was recorded in the wake of the Blue Highway Conference hosted by SUNY Maritime College. We report on major work being done by MARAD and maritime industry stakeholders to defibrillate the once vibrant but now ailing near coastal and inland waterway...

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gcaptain/~3/VrcayIBwk4U/

Marine highways called answer to interstate jams

27 September 2018

A tug moving containers on a barge near New York City. SUNY photo.

A few miles east of a never-ending traffic jam on I-95 heading for the George Washington Bridge, port officials and barge operators said new marine highway routes can help deal with mounting congestion in the Northeast.

“The capacity lies back on the water. That’s where it all began. Before we had a rail and road system, that’s how we did it,” said Rear Adm. Mark Buzby, administrator of the U.S. Maritime Administration, speaking at a marine highway conference hosted Thursday by the State...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/marine-highways-called-answer-to-interstate-jams/