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United States Marine Highway Grants

Program Information

Popular name

Marine Highway Program

Program Number

20.816

Program objective

Mitigate landside congestion, expand transportation options, and realize public benefit and external cost savings by awarding Marine Highway grants to qualified applicants to implement designated Marine Highway projects.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    The Marine Highway Open Season “Call for Projects” was published in April 2016 and is currently open. The Office of Marine Highways will review applications on a rolling basis every 6 months until December 31, 2018.

    These projects represent concepts for new services or expansion of existing Marine Highway services that have the potential to offer public benefits and long-term sustainability without long-term Federal support. These projects receive preferential treatment for any future federal assistance from the Department of Transportation and MARAD. The projects will help start new businesses or expand existing ones to move more freight or passengers along America’s coastlines and waterways.

  2. 2017

    The Office of Marine Highways will review applications on a rolling basis every 6 months until December 31, 2018.

  3. 2018

    The Office of Marine Highways will review applications on a rolling basis every 6 months until October 5, 2018.

  4. 2022

    The Marine Highway Program announced the availability of $10.8M in Grant Funding. Awards are slated for Q4.

  5. 2024

    Grant issued with the purpose of funding two reach stackers which will be used for the primary equipment for cargo movements associated with the Port of Beaumont.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Existing literature includes MARAD 2010-0035 (April 9, 2010). In addition, the Maritime Administration solicited a call for projects on April 15, 2010 (Federal Register, Vol. 75, No. 68; p. 18095).

  1. 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. Pub. L. 114, 113.
  2. 2010 National Defense Authorization Act (Section 3515). Pub. L. 111, 84. 46 Section 55601(g) U.S.C. § 55601 (g).
  3. Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012, Public Law 112-213.
  4. 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, 117-263.
  5. 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, 116-292.
  6. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2017, 110-140.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Transportation

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
  • Interstate
  • Intrastate
  • Local
  • Major Metropolis (over 250,000)
  • Other Urban
  • Other public institution/organization
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization
  • Rural
  • State
  • Suburban
  • U.S. Territories

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