Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, touts in his latest blog post the Maritime Administration's (MARAD) release of 11 new American Marine Highway Vessel designs.
The vessels meet Department of Defense roll-on/roll-off requirements, and the standardized designs "are offered so American shipbuilders can take advantage of the economies of scale series production offers: a ready pool of suppliers, lower costs for each vessel, and fewer planning variables for the ports along our marine highways." A copy of the full MARAD report is attached here.
The markets assessed for the study leading to the vessel designs were the Atlantic Corridor, the Pacific Corridor, Gulf of Mexico routes, and parts of Southern New England to the ports of New York/New Jersey. These correspond to MARAD Marine Highway routes M-95, M-5, and M-10.
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