Breaking: MARAD backs down
SOLAS-compliant vessels now eligible for EMBARC Bravo Zulu to Keith Mcliverty, the president of the USMMA National Parents Association, who has been keeping lines of […]
Month: April 2022
Cui Bono? Understanding MARAD’s gamesmanship – Part 3
In Part 2 of this series, I demonstrated that MARAD was deliberately dismantling USMMA Sea Year by applying an artificial restriction—”subject to SOLAS”—on vessels that […]
MARAD is deliberately sinking Sea Year: Understanding MARAD’s gamesmanship – Part 2
Today’s post is an exposé on how MARAD has begun the deliberate dismantling of USMMA’s Sea Year. In a follow up post, we will explore […]
Understanding MARAD’s gamesmanship – Part 1
MARAD is playing major games with data and semantics as part of an effort to mislead Congress and the public about Sea Year and the […]
MARAD seeks public comment on EMBARC
Before an administrative agency wishes to adopt a rule, the U.S. Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) mandates that the agency first give notice and an opportunity […]