Maritime Administration

www.marad.dot.gov

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Department of Transportation

 

   As an agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Maritime Administration's (MARAD) mission

   is to strengthen the U.S. maritime transportation system--including infrastructure, industry, and labor--to

   meet the economic and security needs of the nation.  MARAD programs promote the development and

   maintenance of an adequate, well-balanced United States merchant marine, sufficient to carry the Nation’s
   domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion of its waterborne foreign commerce, and capable

   of service as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency.  MARAD also seeks to

   ensure that the United States maintains adequate shipbuilding and repair services, efficient ports, effective

   intermodal water- and land-transportation systems, and reserve shipping capacity for use in time of national

   emergency.

Brian Blower is a  Marine Surveyor with the South Atlantic Region in
Norfolk, Virginia, and has been with MARAD for six years. 

Left to Right:  Patrick Carlton is a
Logistics Management Specialist at Headquarters, and has been with
MARAD for 15 years; Tracey Ford is a Senior Contract Specialist at Headquarters, and has been with MARAD for 12 years; Lennis Fludd is a Supervisory Transportation Industry Analyst at Headquarters, and has been with MARAD for 27 years.

Joseph Duvall is a Logistics
Management Officer with the Central Region in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has been with MARAD for four years.

Candidates Selected for MARAD'S
Transportation Leadership Program

                                                   By Mary Nash, Transportation Leadership Program Coordinator

MARAD’s Transportation Leadership Program (TLP) is a fulltime, two-year program involving a series of high-level rotational assignments, executive workshops, formal career development opportunities (during and after work hours), and special tasks designed to expand the participants’ managerial and leadership abilities.  TLP affords an opportunity to accelerate the participants’ careers and significantly increase their ability to contribute to the Agency.  The program is dedicated to training and equipping current employees for leadership and managerial positions at MARAD.

On July 14, Maritime Administrator Captain William G. Schubert congratulated the candidates of the first class of TLP saying, “The standards for this program are high, and we expect the best from these participants.  We appreciate the support the Office of the Secretary has shown for this program, and especially appreciate that MARAD has been
chosen for the pilot program.”

The TLP selection panel was faced with a great challenge in making final selections from such talented candidates.  Due to the fact that the Agency will continue to have a need for highly skilled and trained leaders, all eligible employees should consider applying in the future.