Maritime Administrator

Trump nominates Brent Sadler to be next Maritime Administrator

While the exact details of President Trump’s plans for the expansion of U.S. shipbuilding and U.S.-flag shipping won’t be known until the publication of a much-anticipated Executive Order, what’s certain is that the next Maritime Administrator will have a key role in implementing them. The President’s pick for the position is retired submariner Brent Sadler.

Sadler, a retired U.S. Navy captain, is a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, which issued this statement:

“Brent joined...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/trump-nominates-brent-sadler-to-be-next-maritime-administrator/

Senator says Buy American waiver should not apply to Small Shipyard grants

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) is calling on the Biden Administration to commit to never applying a recently finalized Buy American waiver to shipyard grants and to help ensure American companies and workers are benefitting from taxpayer-funded shipbuilding.

In 2019, Senator Baldwin successfully included her bipartisan Strengthening Buy America for Small Shipyard Grants Act in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, requiring that products and materials purchased with Small Shipyard...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/regulations/senator-says-buy-american-waiver-should-not-apply-to-small-shipyard-grants/

[Watch] U.S. Secretary of Transportation Accepts 2020 AOTOS Award

  • The United Seamen’s Service 51st annual Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Award took place virtually on December 9, 2020.
  • This year’s presentation highlighted the service of the entire American maritime community to the nation.
  • Special recognition given to four pillars of the community; the U.S. Maritime Administration; merchant mariners; U.S.-flag shipping companies and longshoremen.

The traditional silver statuette of Christopher Columbus—the first Admiral of the Ocean Sea– was accepted by...

https://mfame.guru/u-s-secretary-of-transportation-accepts-2020-aotos-award/

Biden’s Maritime Administrator Nominee Crucial for Its Climate Change Plans

Biden-Harris team to focus on the historically overlooked and less prominent US Shipping Administrator position, to succeed with their climate change plans, says an article published in Forbes.

Successful climate change plans

In the upcoming months, there will be around 4000 appointments for the Biden-Harris team to make, 1212 of which will require a Senate confirmation.

One of the less prominent roles is that of the US Shipping Administrator within the Department of Transportation (a role known...

https://mfame.guru/bidens-maritime-administrator-nominee-crucial-for-its-climate-change-plans/