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Jun 17, 2024 · The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is the independent federal agency responsible for regulating the U.S. international ocean transportation system for the benefit of U.S. exporters, importers, and the U.S. consumer.
The Maritime Commission (MARAD) supports the U.S. merchant marine, improves port efficiency, and maintains an adequate ship building and repair infrastructure.
The United States Maritime Administration ( MARAD) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation. MARAD administers financial programs to develop, promote, and operate the U.S. Maritime Service and the U.S. Merchant Marine.
Six years later Congress passed the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, creating the U.S. Maritime Commission, which assumed the duties, functions, and property of the Shipping Board Bureau. This seminal legislation governs many of the programs that support the American maritime industry to this day.
1. Support and grow America’s merchant fleet and the mariners that crew it. 2. Recapitalize sealift in our Nation’s National Defense Reserve Fleet. 3. Work towards realizing a net zero decarbonization of the maritime industry. 4. Support the USMMA as a world class educational institution.
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The Maritime Administration promotes the use of waterborne transportation and its seamless integration with other segments of the transportation system, and the viability of the U.S. merchant marine.