U.S. Maritime Administration Announces Domestic National Maritime Strategy Symposium

On March 24, 2014, the U.S. Maritime Administration announced the second part of its public outreach in developing a National Maritime Strategy. In the first part, MARAD held a symposium on January 14-16, 2014 in Washington, D.C. to consider ideas for promoting the U.S.-flag fleet engaged in the international trade. On May 6, 2014, MARAD will hold another symposium to focus on domestic maritime opportunities. The deadline for submitting proposals or agenda items to MARAD is April 25, 2014, and the deadline to register is May 2, 2014.