The Maritime 

Administration 

Annual Report to 

Congress 

2008 
Maritime Administration at a glance

Established: 1950

Headquarters: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE

Washington, DC 20590

www.MARAD.dot.gov

Fiscal Year 2008 Budget: $313,400,000

Total Employees: 760

Headquarters: 268

US Merchant Marine Academy: 234

Gateway Offices & Fleet Sites: 258

Mission: To improve and strengthen the U.S .marine transportation system to meet 

the economic, environmental and security needs of the Nation.

Maritime Administration

Annual Report to Congress

Fiscal Year 2008

U.S. Department of Transportation

Maritime Administration

Office of Congressional and Public Affairs

1200 New Jersey Avenue, W24–226

Washington, DC 20590

(202) 366–5807

Table of Contents

Introduction.................................................................................................1

Executive Summary....................................................................................2

Expanded Opportunities .............................................................................3

Industry Overview .......................................................................................5

Reduced Congestion ..................................................................................9

Global Connectivity ..................................................................................14

Security, Preparedness, and Response....................................................20

Environmental Stewardship......................................................... ...25

Financial Statements .........................................................................28 - 71

Appendices:

Litigation and Administrative Proceedings ................................................72

Presidential Proclamation ........................................................................75
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Introduction:

Wider Horizons

This was a busy year for the Maritime Administration. We greatly expanded our worldwide outreach, 

participating in bilateral and multilateral international negotiations, as well as gaining support for a new 

international regime governing cargo liability and cargo harmonization. We established a comprehensive 

Agency-wide green program to make our practices more environmentally responsible and worked with 

stakeholders and government partners on important environmental issues. Our Agency updated many of 

its administrative practices and information technology media.

We have taken advantage of the worldwide shortage of skilled mariners to expand 

opportunities for American mariners, securing agreements with liquefied natural gas 

shippers, and with foreign-flag operators, to give training opportunities to U.S. student 

mariners and employ U.S. maritime school graduates on their ships. 

We also crossed a major threshold this year when Congress called for the 

establishment of a short sea transportation program within the Department of 

Transportation. We are rapidly implementing this program, which has sparked 

significant interest on the part of transportation planners, ports, vessel owners and 

operators and shippers. Through strategic use of our coastal, intracoastal and inland 

waterways, America’s Marine Highway Program could serve as an extension of the surface transportation 

system and help mitigate congestion by replacing rail and truck traffic. 

We formulated new policy and issued wide-ranging studies and leadership documents: The Maritime 

Administration and the U.S. Marine Transportation System: A Vision for the 21st Century laid out the 

Agency’s vision for an improved marine transportation system; our five-year strategic plan, Leading the 

Future, marked a departure from earlier strategic plans, laying out our refocus on non-traditional areas 

such as intermodal system development and environment and compliance issues, while still maintaining 

the Agency’s traditional focus on promoting the U.S. maritime industry and national security. 

The Maritime Administration made important progress in the often-vexing issue of ship disposal, taking 

advantage of high worldwide metal prices, removing 25 obsolete ships from the Agency’s fleet sites, and 

even generating positive revenue with the program. The Agency’s Ready Reserve Force managed eight 

Fast Sealift Ships, in preparation for accepting title to them in October 2008.

The Maritime Administration expanded its horizons in many ways in fiscal year 2008. Wider horizons 

mean there is room for greater accomplishments in the years to come.

Wider 

horizons mean 

there is room 

for greater 

accomplishme

nts in the 

years to come.
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Executive Summary

This Maritime Administration Annual Report to Congress for fiscal year 2008 outlines the financial 

status of the Maritime Administration, and reports on the Agency’s accomplishments, which align with 

the strategic goals of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The Industry Overview briefly outlines the status of the United States maritime industry. This year’s 

annual report also outlines Expanded Opportunities.

The accomplishments of the Agency’s Intermodal System Development line of 

business are highlighted in the section on Reduced Congestion, which outlines 

the Maritime Administration’s work in congestion mitigation, the establishment of 

Agency ―Gateway‖ offices nationwide, successful projects in port development, and 

work in developing America’s Marine Highways, the nation’s network of navigable 

rivers, lakes, seaways, and coastwise routes.

The section on Global Connectivity sets out the accomplishments of the 

Business and Workforce Development line of business. It includes the Cargo 

Preference program, the Maritime Administration’s support of shipyard work, energy 

security, and U.S. mariner development and employment. The section also notes the 

accomplishments of the office of the Assistant Administrator, covering policy, plans and 

international activities. 

The section on Security, Preparedness and Response gives the status and accomplishments of 

the National Security line of business in the Maritime Security Program, the Voluntary Intermodal 

Sealift Agreement program, the Ready Reserve Force, and in support of the U.S. Missile Defense 

Agency. This report also outlines the growing portfolio of the Maritime Administration in the areas of 

Preparedness and Response.

The accomplishments of the Environment and Compliance line of business are emphasized in the 

section on Environmental Stewardship, which outlines the Maritime Administration’s work in 

international environmental and safety agreements, as well as identifying progress made in battling 

aquatic invasive species and in ship recycling. 

Appendices outline the Agency’s financial and legal transactions, as well as its publications. Also 

included in the appendices are the Maritime Administration’s organizational chart and a copy of the 

President’s Annual Maritime Day Proclamation, a signed proclamation issued by the White House 

every year since 1933.

The Agency’s 

accomplishmen

ts which align 

with the 

strategic goals 

of the U.S. 

Department of 

Transportation.
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Expanded Opportunities

For many years, the Maritime Administration’s focus was on the domestic maritime transportation 

industry, plus ensuring the health of the U.S. merchant marine. However, the global nature of the 

maritime industry has required a global focus, particularly on what the worldwide industry has to offer for 

American mariners.

American mariners now have more opportunities worldwide than they have had in more than a 

generation. The increasing technical complexity of modern ships also means that the competition for

skilled licensed mariners is particularly sharp. Maritime academies reported near 100 percent job 

placement for their 2008 graduates in maritime jobs at sea and ashore.

During fiscal year 2008, the Maritime Administration took advantage of these conditions to position the 

U.S. merchant marine worldwide, securing training and crewing agreements with global shipping 

companies. The Maritime Administrator negotiated agreements with five international-flag shipping 

companies to offer training opportunities to cadets at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the six 

state maritime academies. Such training opportunities are vital for cadets to acquire the skills to sail 

worldwide. The Maritime Administration also negotiated agreements with four liquefied natural gas (LNG) 

companies to employ U.S. mariners on their ships. LNG shipping is a rapidly growing area worldwide, 

and the complexity of LNG tankers calls for a highly-developed set of skills. 

American mariners now have more 

opportunities worldwide than they have 

had in more than a generation.
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Over the last 10 

years, container 

trades increased 

at an average 

annual rate of 6.4 

percent, or more 

than three times 

the growth of 

non-container 

trades.

Industry Overview

The U.S. water transportation industry serves the needs of both foreign and domestic commerce. It is 

comprised of companies that carry freight or passengers on the open seas or inland waterways, offer 

towing services, charter vessels, and operate canals and terminals.

Commerce

In 2007, U.S. waterborne commerce amounted to 2.3 billion metric tons. International 

commerce accounted for 60 percent of the total. In the mid-1990s, domestic and 

foreign trades were about 1 billion metric tons each. By 2007, foreign trade had 

increased to 1.4 billion metric tons while domestic trade had decreased to 0.9 billion 

metric tons.

The growth in foreign waterborne commerce has been spurred largely by growth in 

container trades. Over the last 10 years, container trades increased at an average 

annual rate of 6.4 percent, or more than three times the growth of non-container 

trades. In 2007, 80 percent of the container trades, as measured in metric tons, were time-sensitive, food 

and manufactured product shipments that were carried by vessels in scheduled services.

The non-container trades, oil, ores, coal, grains and other crude materials, are moved in unscheduled 

services. Because they are stockpiled, there can be significant year-to-year fluctuations in the trades as 

commodity prices change; nonetheless, the long-term growth of these trades is generally below U.S. 

economic growth.

To service the rapid growth in container trades, carriers have deployed post-Panamax (too large to transit 

the Panama Canal) containerships in end-to-end services, increased call frequencies and reduced transit 

times.

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 Over the last 5 years, containership calls at U.S. ports increased by 16 percent while the average 

vessel size (measured in TEUs [20 foot equivalent units]) per call increased by 14 percent. 

Containerships calling at U.S. ports are about 38 percent larger than those calling at foreign ports 

because feeder and short-sea services common in intra-European and intra-Asian trades, which use 

smaller vessels than intercontinental services, rarely call in U.S. ports.

Over the last five years, calls by containerships of 5,000 TEU or greater, which are largely post-Panamax 

class, increased by 247 percent. In 2007, post-Panamax containerships accounted for 20 percent of the 

containership calls at U.S. ports, up from 7 percent five years earlier; and 69 percent of the postPanamax calls were at West Coast ports.

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1 Panamax refers to the maximum dimensions of a vessel that can pass through the locks of the Panama Canal: length – 965 feet, 

beam – 106 feet, and draft – 39.5 feet. Post-Panamax containerships exceed one or more of these dimensions. In the past, 

containerships that could transit the Canal were deployed in tri-continental services, such as Europe/U.S./Asia. Now, most 

containerships operate in end-to-end services (transit one ocean).
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As of year-end 2007, the post-Panamax segment accounted for about 35 percent of global containership 

capacity, which left 65 percent of the capacity on order to be constructed. Based on existing orders, the 

post-Panamax segment could grow to more than 46 percent of the fleet over the next five years. The 

Panama Canal is being expanded to accommodate the post-Panamax fleet and when completed in 2014, 

it will facilitate all-water post-Panamax shipments to/from Gulf and East Coast ports and reduce rail 

transportation shipment costs. 2

To service post-Panamax size containerships terminal owners at U.S. ports have invested heavily in postPanamax and super post-Panamax gantry cranes, which are capable of unloading vessels with 18 or 

more containers across. However, over the next five years, U.S. container ports will need to make

significant investments in infrastructure to accommodate the expanding post-Panamax fleets and 

container trades.

North America Cruise Passengers

In 2007, 67 million passenger nights were booked on North American cruises, up 26 percent from 5 years 

earlier. Over the same period, the occupancy rate increased from 105 percent to 108 percent. (Since 

many double staterooms can accommodate three or four people, occupancy can actually be more than 

100 percent.). The North American cruise market has been capacity driven, that is, cruise lines have 

reduced prices to ensure that the cruises are fully booked. Thus, the growth of passenger nights has 

followed the increase in cruise capacity. But unlike land-based resorts, cruise ships can be moved to 

markets that have the highest prices. During 2008, several North American cruise lines announced the 

movement of cruise vessels from North America to Europe to take advantage of a strong Euro and higher 

prices for European cruises.

The North American cruise market is highly concentrated, with the top four firms (Carnival, Royal 

Caribbean, Norwegian and Disney) accounting for 98 percent of the 2007 passenger nights. By itself, 

Carnival accounted for six brands and 54 percent of the passenger nights. Competition between sellers 

in a concentrated market can be fierce with low prices and extreme levels of product differentiation or 

market segmentation, which appears to be the case in the North America cruise market. In 2007, for 

example, 10 firms offered 630 different cruise products, differentiated by ship, departure port, destination 

and nights. The cruises involved 117 ships, 61 departure ports, and 16 major destinations and ranged in 

length from one to 35 nights.

U.S. Fleets

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis between 2002 and 2007, U.S. carriers invested $9.3 billion 

in new vessels including 91 ocean vessels, 271 tugs, 3,500 barges, 99 offshore supply vessels and 52 

ferries. The investments in new vessels have contributed to a 23 percent increase in the value of the 

industry’s fixed assets, the highest five-year growth of the last 25 years.

The new vessels were largely replacements for vessels built during the expansion of the late 1970s. 

There were, however, major differences between the two expansions. The investments of the 1970s 

were largely speculative. Vessels were built to operate in spot markets as investors took advantage of 

investment tax credits, loan guarantees and construction subsidies.

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After the expansion the maximum dimensions of a vessel that can pass through the Panama Canal will be: length – 1,401 feet, 

beam – 180 feet, and draft – 60 feet, which will be able to accommodate the world’s largest containerships.
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The recent expansion, in contrast, is largely market-driven, backed by long-term customer commitments. 

The new assets are much different from those they replace. For example, articulated tank barge units 

(ATBs) have replaced single-hull product tankers in U.S. coastal trades; new dual-propulsion double-hull 

crude carriers have replaced 30+ year-old, steam-propulsion single-hull crude carriers in Alaska/West 

Coast oil trades; and large dynamically-positioned offshore supply vessels have replaced smaller vessels 

in servicing deep-water oil exploration and production in the Gulf of Mexico.

According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as of year-end 2007, there were about 40,000 privatelyowned, U.S. cargo-carrying vessels available for operation in U.S. foreign and domestic trades. Over the 

last five years, the largest growth has been in the dry bulk, container, offshore supply vessel and doublehull tank barge fleets.

U.S.-flag vessels accounted for about 36 percent (236 vessels) of the ocean fleet owned by American 

entities, 80 percent (523 vessels) of the offshore fleet and all of the Great Lakes, coastal and waterways 

fleets. The Jones Act fleet,

3 which is comprised of vessels with unrestricted coastwise trading privileges, 

accounted for about 53 percent (146 vessels) of the ocean fleet and all of the Great Lakes, offshore, 

coastal and waterways fleets. 3

There are also a large number of U.S.-owned vessels on order including: 71 tankers, 67 dry-bulk carriers; 

30 large tank barge units (articulated tug/barge units, ATBs), and 41 offshore supply vessels. The yearend 2007 orders for U.S.-built coastal tank vessels are at record levels (21 product tankers and 30 ATBs) 

and are more than sufficient to replace the capacity of the existing 25+ year-old single-hull fleets. Over 

the next three years, the double-hulling of the coastal tank vessel fleets will be virtually complete.

Industry Growth

The investment in new water transportation assets has contributed to significant growth in water 

transportation employment and earnings. From 2002 to 2007, employment in water transportation 

increased by 18 percent while earnings per employee increased by 22 percent. By comparison, 

employment and earnings for other transportation modes increased by just 8 percent and 14 percent, 

respectively.

While it might seem reasonable to expect that the newer vessel 

assets would require less employment than those they replace, 

the new technologies have, in fact, created new markets for 

marine transportation services. For example, high-speed ferries 

have opened up new longer routes for marine transportation of 

passengers; dynamically-positioned supply vessels were built to 

service the expansion of deepwater oil exploration; and the 

vessels they replaced are now used to move products in the 

coastwise trades.

The investments in new vessels have been driven by customer 

needs and many are tied to long-term customer commitments, which have integrated marine 

transportation into the production and distribution processes, improved service to customers and 

contributed to stable growth in employment and earnings

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Jones Act vessels must be constructed in the United States, owned by U.S. citizens, and registered under the U.S.-flag; or 

wrecked in U.S. waters and rebuilt in the U.S. and re-flagged U.S.; or forfeited for violation of U.S. law and reflagged U.S.
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Reduced Congestion

Congestion in the transportation system constrains growth and distorts business decisions. When the 

transportation infrastructure does not support efficiency, there are delays in the supply chain, which in 

turn lead to increased prices for goods. Increased prices for goods not only have a negative impact on 

businesses, consumers, and the U.S .economy, but also mean lost export opportunities for American 

companies.

Marine Highways Program

During fiscal year 2008, the Maritime Administration promoted the use of America’s waterways as an 

effective way to move bulk freight cargo through its Marine Highways Program.

The United States has more than 25,000 miles of inland, intracoastal, and coastal waterways—those are 

America’s Marine Highways. They represent a practical tool to help mitigate some of today’s significant 

congestion challenges on our roads and rails. Use of the waterways can be cost effective, requires very 

little new infrastructure, and could provide significant fuel savings and air emission reductions relative to 

truck or rail transport.

Fiscal year 2008 marked a turning point for America’s Marine Highways in which several key milestones 

were achieved and awareness of its benefits grew. In December 2007, Congress passed and President 

George W. Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act, which called for the expansion of 

the Marine Highways as an extension of the surface transportation system. The Maritime Administration 

assisted several new Marine Highways services that will help mitigate congestion and improve air quality. 

The new law also requires the Secretary of Transportation to designate Marine Highways corridors and 

specific projects to mitigate landside congestion, and requires the integration of Marine Highways into 

surface transportation planning by working with state, multi-state and regional transportation planners and 

to conduct research to be carried out in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to 

identify benefits derived from America’s Marine Highways and vessel designs, technologies and 

efficiencies that can help advance the initiative as a transportation solution.

Gateway Presence

Having a presence in major U.S. ports is an important way to gain insight into the 

challenges facing the industry, and finding practical ways to address them. 

Continuing the Agency’s Gateway office initiative that began in fiscal year 2007, the 

Maritime Administration provided a presence in 2008 at more of the largest ports on 

the West, East, and Gulf Coasts, as well as the Great Lakes and inland river system. Using the 

successful model developed in Southern California, the offices have worked with public and private sector 

participants to better understand the connections among improved cargo flow, economic vitality, 

community improvement, and environmental sustainability. The Southern California effort has led to an 

inter agency cooperation agreement to specifically address congestion in and around the Nation’s busiest 

port area.

The Agency’s Gateway offices identify bottlenecks and ways to improve freight movement. They work 

with stakeholders to promote collaboration among Federal, State, local and private partners on 

challenges facing the marine transportation system in their areas of responsibility, focusing particularly on 

planning and environmental issues. These offices act as liaisons for the Agency to help ensure that 

measurable progress is made on specific projects as well as to bring Agency and U.S. Department of 

Transportation expertise to the table.

The Agency’s 

Gateway offices 

identify bottlenecks 

and ways to

improve freight 

movement.
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The offices support and place particular emphasis on most Maritime Administration priorities: 

Congressional Outreach Initiatives; America’s Marine Highway Initiatives; Port Infrastructure 

Development, including project support and overcoming impediments at intermodal nodes, including rail, 

barge, road and air connectors; Development of Deepwater Ports; Shipper and Carrier Outreach 

including linkages to the Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council, and the Committee on 

the Marine Transportation System; support to the passenger and cruise industry including ferries; 

Workforce Development, which promotes opportunities for American employment; Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Activities; and support for the Port Security Grants Program.

As of September 30, 2008, the Maritime Administration had staffed its Gateway offices in Long Beach; 

New York City; Chicago; Norfolk; Miami; New Orleans; St. Louis and Seattle. The planned Gateway 

office in Houston is expected to be staffed during fiscal year 2009.

Port Development and Expansion Programs

The Maritime Administration continued working with the Port of Anchorage, Alaska, and its prime 

contractor, completing a substantial portion of the next phase of the facility’s marine terminal 

redevelopment as a part of the overall Port of Anchorage Intermodal Expansion Project. Environmental 

mitigation measures have also included underwater noise monitoring during all in-water construction and 

measuring sound levels to ensure marine mammal safety. 

(Figure 1)

Port of Anchorage Intermodal Expansion Project Phasing Plan
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The success in 

Anchorage has 

led to two other 

projects, one in 

Hawaii and 

another in Guam.

This partnership has evolved into an infrastructure development program, using the Maritime 

Administration’s expertise in managing multi-dimensional and multi-year projects to expand the capacity 

of America’s ports. The success in Anchorage has led to two other projects, one in Hawaii and another in 

Guam.

In Hawaii, the Maritime Administration has begun joint work with the Hawaii Department of Transportation 

Harbors Division and the Hawaii Harbors Users Group, completing and publishing a draft environmental 

assessment. This is part of the National Environmental Policy Act process required for the Pier 2A at 

Kawaihae Harbor on the ―Big Island‖ of Hawaii. 

In May 2008, the Maritime Administration signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government 

of Guam and the Port Authority of Guam. The Agency is also working with the Port Authority of Guam to 

develop and implement a strategy to accomplish the necessary port improvements required to meet the 

expected expansion in trade resulting from the redeployment of military forces in the Pacific.
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(Figure 2)

Carbon Monoxide 

Emissions

Highlights and Accomplishments in Reducing Congestion

The Maritime Administration provided leadership and assistance in a public-private partnership to create 

the ―64 Express‖, a project that will provide a barge service between Norfolk and Richmond, VA. The 

project, which is scheduled to begin in fiscal year 2009, is expected to shift more than 4,000 trucks from 

the congested I-64 highway corridor in its first year, and as many as 120,000 by its fifth year. By its third 

year, the service is expected to reduce hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide emissions by an estimated 70 

tons per day.

The Maritime Administration and Texas Transportation Institute released a Modal Comparison of 

Domestic Freight Transportation assessing the environmental, energy-saving and safety-related benefits 

of the Marine Highways. The Maritime Administration, in a partnership with the Texas Transportation 

Institute, conducted and published a study concluding that transportation of freight on America’s rivers 

offers important benefits, especially considering today’s transportation challenges. The study found that 

freight transportation on inland waterways represents a lower cost alternative to other modes, and it does 

so while consuming less fuel, with greater safety, and generating fewer emissions. Following the study, 

the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revised national air quality standards, triggering mandates that 

require communities to focus on transportation activities that reduce emissions.

The Maritime Administration and the U.S. Marine Transportation System: A Vision for the 21st Century

laid out the Agency’s new emphasis and vision for an improved American marine transportation system 

that can better accommodate the ever-increasing amounts of cargo arriving on U.S. shores each year. 

The Vision emphasizes the intermodal nature of freight congestion, the tremendous importance of the 

U.S. transportation system to national economic prosperity and the recognition that the diverse spectrum 

of transportation stakeholders must work together to plan and implement a better future for the marine 

transportation system.

Southern California Cooperation Agreement. The Maritime Administration played a 

crucial role in helping to develop a cooperation agreement for the Southern 

California National Freight Gateway. This cooperation agreement serves as a 

framework to advance projects for sustainable and efficient freight transportation 

operations in the Southern California National Freight Gateway area. This effort is 

in support of the Department of Transportation’s National Strategy to Reduce 

Congestion on America’s Transportation Network. The Southern California 

Gateway is one of six focus areas for the national strategy because more than 40 

percent of all goods imported into the United States flow through Southern 

California, which is home to the Nation’s largest port complex of Los Angeles/Long 

Beach.
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The Maritime 

Administration 

administers a 

number of 

statutory 

programs that 

foster a strong 

merchant marine 

and protect 

American jobs 

and investment...

Global Connectivity

The marine transportation industry has always been global in nature, and it remains critically important to 

encourage and sustain American involvement and investment in it. This is important for the economy in 

peacetime, and vital to national security and survival in time of war or other national emergency. The 

Maritime Administration is dedicated to supporting the health of the American maritime industry: its ships, 

its ports, and its people.

The Maritime Administration administers a number of statutory programs that foster a strong merchant 

marine and protect American jobs and investment: Cargo Preference, the Maritime Security Program, 

shipbuilding loan guarantees, training of entry-level licensed mariners, and implementation 

of U.S. cabotage laws. The Maritime Administration also represents the United States in 

negotiating maritime agreements. During fiscal year 2008, the Maritime Administration also 

used its influence in the Deepwater Ports program to assure job opportunities for U.S. 

mariners.

Energy Security: Deepwater Ports

Through the operation and licensure of deepwater port offshore energy receiving facilities,

the Maritime Administration plays a vital role in meeting Presidential Directives on energy 

while protecting the environment, building local economies, and improving mobility and 

safety in the Nation’s oceans and ports. 

Deepwater ports are offshore facilities that provide a safe and efficient means for the delivery of liquefied 

natural gas (LNG) into the United States. Once liquefied and transported, LNG must be heated to return 

it to a gaseous state. With the consultation and advice of the U.S. Coast Guard, the Maritime 

Administration is responsible for preparing a Record of Decision for each deepwater port license 

application and for approval, conditional approval or denial of a license. The Record of Decision is based 

on the criteria for license issuance set forth in the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as amended. 

Importation of LNG and oil through a system of deepwater port facilities helps ensure an adequate supply 

of energy for the United States, as well as addressing safety concerns and relieving port congestion. The 

Maritime Administration’s Office of Deepwater Ports and Offshore Activities is responsible for processing 

applications submitted by private energy companies to construct, own, and operate deepwater ports off 

the Nation’s coasts. The deepwater port licensing process involves coordination with 15 federal agencies 

as well as state and local governments of the adjacent coastal states for the proposed projects. 

During fiscal year 2008, the Office of Deepwater Ports and Offshore Activities evaluated and assessed 

seven license applications, participated in public hearings to support the licensing process, attended 

national and international public energy outreach forums, and authorized the construction and operation 

of two LNG deepwater port facilities in the offshore waters of Boston, MA.

The Maritime Administration is currently reviewing five deepwater port license applications, including 

projects proposed for operations offshore of California, New York, New Jersey, Florida, and in the Gulf of 

Mexico. Three additional applications are expected to be filed in the coming year. When fully 

operational, the proposed deepwater port facilities will provide approximately 1.35 trillion cubic feet per 

year of natural gas to the Nation’s energy supply.

During 2008, the Maritime Administration continued facilitating innovative public/private partnerships with 

international LNG industry and maritime labor organizations to increase training and employment 
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opportunities for U.S. citizen officers, cadets, and unlicensed mariners serving aboard tanker fleets and at 

planned deepwater port terminals in the United States.

Cargo Preference

The Maritime Administration is at the forefront in maintaining a strong and visible U.S.-flag fleet through a 

number of statutory programs, including the reservation for transportation on U.S.-flag vessels of certain 

government-impelled, ocean-borne cargo in international trade. The purpose of the cargo preference 

program is to work with federal agencies and other exporters and importers to promote the carriage 

foreign trade of U.S.-flag vessels. This is carried out through monitoring compliance with the cargo 

preference laws, with bilateral and similar agreements and by working with the Federal Maritime 

Commission in identifying and responding to discriminatory trade practices against U.S.-flag vessels. 

Preference cargoes and Maritime Security Program subsidy payments together provide a revenue base 

to encourage private-sector vessel owners to operate and remain in compliance with requirements for 

registry under the U.S.-flag. 

(Figure 3) Deepwater Water Projects Map

The cargo preference laws directed more than 12 million revenue tons of cargo and $1.4 billion of ocean 

freight revenue to U.S.-flag ships in fiscal year 2008. Military cargoes represented 60 percent of the 

cargo movements, agricultural cargoes represented 25 percent, and other civilian agencies and Iraq 

reconstruction cargoes represented 15 percent of movements. Depending on corporate size and the 

world trading areas in which they operate, these preference cargoes represent from 7 percent to more 

than 50 percent of a carrier’s annual revenues and, for certain operators, are vital to continued service 

operating under the U.S.-flag. In fiscal year 2008, these 120 vessels supported more than 5,500 

merchant mariner jobs and a larger number of maritime and transportation-related jobs shoreside.

International Activities
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U.S. shipyards 

are also 

successfully 

building the most 

efficient and 

environmentally 

sound tankers 

and tank barges 

in the world...

The Maritime Administration plays a critical role in international relations, leading or participating in 

delegations to negotiate commercial agreements and working on international standards and regulations. 

The Agency’s service on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law was instrumental in 

gaining international support for a new regime governing cargo liability.

During fiscal year 2008, the Maritime Administrator led a U.S. delegation in discussions with Chinese 

maritime officials, stressing the need for open markets to facilitate trade. The Maritime Administrator also 

led a delegation to Vietnam to hold the first round of annual negotiations provided for under the 

U.S./Vietnam Bilateral Maritime Agreement. The Administrator also met with Korean officials in Seoul to 

discuss bilateral matters, with Japanese officials in Tokyo on maritime transport matters. On separate 

occasions with European Commission officials, the International Maritime Organization, and with energy 

company interests to discuss a range of issues from seafarer training, promoting the shipment of natural 

gas to the United States, and environmental challenges facing the maritime industry. 

Shipbuilding and Assistance to Small Shipyards

U.S. shipyards play an important role in America’s international maritime presence and in the national 

economy. American shipyards directly contribute to the output of the U.S. manufacturing sector and 

support the growth and development of a skilled workforce. These U.S. shipyards are also successfully 

building the most efficient and environmentally sound tankers and tank barges in the world to replace 

single-hull vessels retired under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ($5 billion worth of double-hull construction 

and conversion work will take place by 2015 to meet the double-hull requirement under OPA 90).

In June 2008, the Maritime Administration announced $9.8 million in grants to 19 small 

shipyards in the United States. The purpose of the grants is to make capital and infrastructure 

Improvements that facilitate the efficiency, cost-effectiveness and quality of domestic ship 

construction, conversion or repair for commercial and federal government use. The grants 

cover a maximum of 75 percent of the estimated cost of Improvements. The companies are 

responsible for the remaining 25 percent.

Recipients, amounts, and purposes of grants:

Alaska Ship and Drydock of Ketchikan, AK, was awarded $615,805 to upgrade its metal 

fabricating equipment, machine shop, and painting equipment. 

All American Marine, Inc., of Bellingham, WA., was awarded $285,000 for the acquisition of 

metal-cutting machinery and boat transfer equipment. 

Brownsville Marine Products, LLC, of Brownsville, PA., was awarded $532,226 for hydraulic 

buggies, winches, mobile crane, jib and overhead cranes. 

Colonna’s Shipyard in Norfolk, VA., was awarded $825,000 for a 1,000-ton travelift. 

Conrad Shipyard, LLC, of Morgan City, LA., was awarded $648,648 for welding equipment and a 

range of tools. 

Derecktor Shipyards Conn., LLC, of Bridgeport, CT., was awarded $863,515 for a welding tank, 

welding machines, air casters, and a hydraulic bender. 

Duclos Corporation of Somerset, MA., was awarded $628,300, for railway assembly, upgrading 

and extending capacity of railway and dock extension.

Eastern Shipbuilding Group of Panama City, FL., was awarded $436,274 for metal cutting 

equipment and a computer system. 

Everett Shipyard, Inc., of Everett, WA., was awarded $297,036 for workstations and an overhead 

crane. 

Great Lakes Shipyard of Cleveland, OH, was awarded $546,000 for an 80-ton mobile crane, a 

man lift, and automated welding equipment. 

Gulf Marine Repair Corp., of Tampa, FL was awarded $487,630 for four cranes, two electric plate 

rollers, and other manufacturing equipment. 
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Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., of Bayou La Batre, AL., was awarded $277,500 for a computerized 

plasma-cutting table used for cutting metal according to ship construction drawings and 

specifications. 

Leevac Shipyards, LLC, of Jennings, LA., was awarded $66,068, for software to expand its 

engineering capability. 

Master Marine of Bayou La Batre, AL., was awarded $450,000 for a travelift. 

Pacific Shipyards International, LLC, of Honolulu, HI, was awarded $869,977 for a water blast 

system and a mobile crane. 

R&R Marine Shipbuilding of Port Arthur, TX, was awarded $400,000 for acquisition and 

installation of a stiffener-fitting gantry, facility electrical upgrades and the cost to install a panel 

line fabrication facility. 

Safe Boats of Port Orchard, WA., was awarded $579,084 for the acquisition and installation of 

router tables, information technology system upgrades and other machinery and equipment. 

Todd Shipyards Corporation of Seattle was awarded $358,515 to enlarge and renovate the 

company’s main assembly building. 

Washburn & Doughty Associates of East Boothbay, ME, was awarded $633,422 for the 

acquisition and installation of pipe benders, inverter welding machines, hydraulic press brake, 

plus other equipment and machinery.

Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title XI) Program

The primary purpose of the Title XI Program is to promote the growth and modernization of the U.S. 

merchant marine and U.S. shipyards. Title XI authorizes the federal government to guarantee the 

repayment of debt obligations, including unpaid interest, obtained in the private sector by:

U.S. or foreign shipowners for the purpose of financing or refinancing either (1) 

U.S.-flagged vessels or eligible export vessels constructed, reconstructed, or 

reconditioned in U.S. shipyards; and

U.S. shipyards for the purpose of financing advanced and modern ship (2) building 

technology of a privately-owned general shipyard facility located in the United 

States.

The Title XI program permits guarantees in an amount not to exceed 87.5 percent 

of the actual cost of projects eligible for financing. The maximum guarantee period 

is 25 years.

Title XI Activities, Fiscal Year 2008

During fiscal year 2008, the Maritime Administration did not issue any new commitments for 

Title XI loan guarantees.

The first of two high-speed ferries owned by Hawaii Superferry, Inc. and financed with a Title XI loan 

guarantee began operations on December 13, 2007. The high-speed, 105-meter roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) 

vessel provides passenger, cargo, and vehicle ferry service between Honolulu and Maui. The second 

vessel is scheduled for delivery in early 2009.

The Maritime Administration successfully concluded litigation in two earlier bankruptcies related to two 

companies that received Title XI loan guarantees. Proofs of claim have been filed in one consolidated 

bankruptcy related to four such companies, and litigation continued on the litigated claims. 

As of September 30, 2008, the Title XI loan guarantee portfolio consisted of $2.42 billion in loan 

guarantees outstanding. Currently, all Title XI commitments have been funded. The portfolio consists of 

64 projects, which include drill rigs, tankers, barges, containerships, RO/RO vessels, fast ferries, 

The primary 

purpose of the 

Title XI Program 

is to promote the 

growth and 

modernization of 

the U.S. 

merchant marine 

and U.S. 

shipyards. 
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passenger vessels, supply vessels, tugs, and shipyard modernization projects. Additional information on 

the Title XI program can be reviewed online at the program’s website: http://www.MARAD.dot.gov/Title XI

All beneficiary companies in the Maritime Administration’s Title XI portfolio undergo periodic financial 

reviews; however, companies with a higher potential for default receive additional monitoring. This 

activity involves the preparation of detailed financial reports for senior management review. Summaries 

of these reports are presented to the Department of Transportation Credit Council. The Credit Council is 

an oversight and financial guidance body that objectively reviews all discretionary loans and loan 

guarantees made by DOT. A total of $277 million in guaranteed projects, or 11.4 percent of the Title XI 

portfolio, has been identified as experiencing financial difficulties and, as such, is receiving the highest 

level of monitoring. The Title XI loan guarantee program had one default in 2008, with a payoff of $38 

million on the guarantee.

During fiscal year 2008, the Maritime Administration continued to implement the recommendations 

contained in program audits conducted by the DOT’s Inspector General and the Government 

Accountability Office. Included among these activities was implementation of a computer-based credit 

program portfolio management system.
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Security, Preparedness and 

Response

Since 1775, the U.S. Merchant Marine has been a vital component of national defense. In time of war, 

the merchant marine serves as the naval auxiliary, providing vessels and skilled seafarers to transport 

military personnel and supplies. The ingenuity of merchant mariners and the versatility of their vessels 

are also gaining increasing attention in both preparedness and response to natural disasters and other 

emergencies.

Defense mobilization equates to having a strong industrial base and a sufficient 

number of American ships and civilian crews available to meet defense sealift 

requirements. It also includes shoreside equipment and infrastructure necessary to 

keep the intermodal system moving.

The Maritime Administration has four core programs that support national defense 

sealift requirements:

The interlocking Maritime Security Program (MSP) and the Voluntary 

Intermodal Sealift Agreement Program (VISA) provide the Department of 

Defense (DOD) assured access to U.S. commercial ships and crews as well as their intermodal 

equipment and facilities. The 60-vessel MSP also provides employment and training 

opportunities to U.S. seafarers in order to ensure a sufficient labor pool of civilian crewmen exists 

to meet defense sealift requirements.

The National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) is comprised of government-owned, militarily-useful 

cargo vessels that can be used in times of national emergency. The NDRF includes the Ready 

Reserve Force (RRF) made up of vessels in an enhanced state of readiness that permits them to 

be underway to support military operations in only a few days time. 

Graduates of U.S. maritime academies with civilian and military service obligations are essential 

to ensuring that a sufficient number of qualified officers are available to meet both commercial 

and national defense requirements.

The National Shipping Authority permits the Maritime Administration to assume responsibility for the 

Nation’s vessels and ports during a national emergency. This responsibility includes the peacetime 

planning oversight of 15 DOD-designated strategic commercial ports needed by the military for 

deployment during contingency operations.

Defense 

mobilization 

equates to having 

a strong industrial 

base and a 

sufficient number 

of American ships 

and civilian crews 

available to meet 

defense sealift 

requirements.
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Maritime Security Program and Voluntary

Intermodal Sealift Agreement

Defense sealift continues to rely heavily on the U.S. commercial sector. The National 

Security Sealift Policy of October 5, 1989, which remains in force today, states that a vital 

objective of the Nation is to ensure that sufficient military and civil maritime resources will 

be available to meet defense deployment and essential economic requirements. 

Industrial globalization and consolidation have led to the decline of many traditional 

maritime fleets, including the U.S.–flag general cargo fleet. In order to ensure that an 

active U.S. fleet of militarily-useful general cargo ships will continue to adequately serve 

both the economic and national security objectives of U.S. maritime policy in the future, 

the Maritime Administration administers the MSP and VISA, a complementary sealift 

readiness program approved by the Secretary of Defense.

The MSP and VISA are programs that work together to provide militarily-useful commercial vessels and 

crews necessary to operate them. MSP vessel operators receive financial support to partially offset the 

higher operating costs of keeping these vessels under the U.S.–flag, and they also obtain preference 

consideration in the award of DOD peacetime cargoes.

Through MSP and VISA, U.S.-flag vessel operators have made an extraordinary commitment. More than 

90 percent of all U.S.-flag dry cargo ships are enrolled in one or both programs; obligating more than twothirds of the carrying capacity of the entire commercial, U.S.-flag dry cargo fleet to national security needs 

when necessary.

The vessel capacity, crews and intermodal systems made available through MSP and VISA advance the 

Department of Transportation’s Security, Preparedness and Response strategic goal by ensuring that 

America’s transportation system can respond to emergency needs. These programs also help ensure 

that DOD meets its strategic goals. Moreover, the design of MSP and VISA provides for a coordinated 

seamless transition from peace to war or national emergency while these vessels continue serving in the 

commerce of the United States.

The MSP also provides support for U.S.-flag tankers operating in international trade. These tankers as 

well as others participate in the Maritime Administration-sponsored Voluntary Tanker Agreement (VTA). 

Like VISA, the VTA is a program designed to make commercial vessels (in this case, tankers) available to 

support contingency operations of DOD.

Industrial 

globalization 

and 

consolidation 

have led to the 

decline of many 

traditional 

maritime 

fleets...
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Fiscal Year 2008 MSP / VISA Accomplishments

The MSP ships selected by the Maritime Administration in conjunction with the DOD’s U.S. Transportation 

Command must be militarily useful and commercially viable. As of September 30, 2008, there were 60 

ships enrolled in the MSP fleet, which was composed of 40 containerships, 15 roll-on/roll-off vessels, two 

heavy lift vessels, and three tankers.

During fiscal year 2008, seven MSP ships were replaced with newer ships, increasing the MSP fleet’s 

militarily-useful capacity by approximately 362,000 square feet. MSP ships continued to support U.S. 

troops in Iraq and Afghanistan by transporting military cargoes and cargo supporting the rebuilding of 

Iraq. To date, 68 MSP ships have contributed to this effort. MSP ships also carry preference cargoes 

and employ approximately U.S. mariners that are critical to national security crewing requirements.

Enrollment of vessels in the VISA program satisfies the requirement of MSP operators to enroll in a DODapproved Emergency Preparedness Program. MSP participants commit 100 percent of MSP vessel 

capacity to the VISA program. MSP participation represents more than 77 percent of VISA capacity 

commitments. The remaining commitments are provided by other U.S.-flag vessels operating in U.S. 

domestic trade, international trade, or in carriage of commercial and DOD preference cargoes. During 

fiscal year 2008, there were 125 ships enrolled in the VISA program.

Prior to implementation of the MSP and VISA programs, projections 

indicated that the continued decline in the number of U.S.-flag 

general cargo vessels would reduce the number and types of 

vessels available to the U.S. military to unacceptable levels. 

Together these programs have resulted in an improvement in the 

amount of U.S.-flag sealift capacity that is readily available for U.S. 

military use. From a qualitative standpoint, these readily available 

U.S.-flag vessels are also more modern, and the mix of vessel types 

better meets the needs of the military.

Ready Reserve Force

On October 1, 2007, the Maritime Administration took custody of 

eight Fast Sealift Ships, in preparation for gaining full title to the 

vessels at the beginning of fiscal year 2009. The transfer of the 

large, fast ships brought the number of vessels in the Maritime 

Administration’s Ready Reserve Force (RRF) to 52. The RRF is a 

government-owned surge fleet of vessels supporting DOD sealift 

requirements. It has operated since 1976, and boasts a 99 percent 

success rate in activations, and has consistently surpassed its 85 percent readiness goal.

While the global war on terrorism continued in 2008, the initial surge-support effort provided by RRF 

vessels was replaced by U.S.-flag sustainment cargo lifts. RRF ships were activated three times in fiscal 

year 2008, providing 277 days of roll-on/roll-off support for wheeled and tracked military cargo vehicles. 

These vessels maintained a 99.0 percent reliability rating during military support operations from 2002 

through 2008, which reinforces the force’s reputation as sea power’s reliable partner. The activated 

vessels provided employment to over 125 mariners while the remaining RRF vessels continued their 

maintenance and repair regime, which provided jobs for an additional 350 mariners.

A Growing Role in Preparedness

In recent years, the functional roles of RRF ships have been expanded to include providing aid in case of 

natural disasters, supplying food and lodging in areas affected by hurricanes, and serving to shelter and 

transport emergency equipment so that it can be expeditiously used for recovery operations ashore. 
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Those functions, originally innovative, ingenious, and even improvements, were institutionalized during 

fiscal year 2008 with a memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on August 8, 2008. 

The MOA, a result of two years of intensive coordination among the U.S. Transportation Command, the 

Military Sealift Command, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Maritime Administration, 

authorized a new mission for RRF ships: ―SafeStor‖, or safe storage for first responder equipment and 

personnel. This relatively new use of the RRF, pioneered on RRF ships during the 2005 hurricane 

season in Texas, was used to good effect in the 2008 season during hurricanes Gustav, Hanna, and Ike. 

Officials in Charleston, SC, tried SafeStor for the first time, and officials in Beaumont, TX, used it once 

again--sheltering more than 160 Coast Guard and National Guard personnel with their equipment. The 

Training Ship Texas Clipper, provided by the Maritime Administration to the Texas Maritime Academy in 

Galveston, provided housing and meals for recovery workers in the first month after Hurricane Ike 

devastated the city.
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Environmental Stewardship

The Maritime Administration works within the U.S. government and with a number of 

international entities to support the Department of Transportation’s goal of responsible

environmental stewardship. The Agency is committed to assisting industry in affecting 

the development of programs and regulations related to safety, security, and the 

environment, and developing the best management practices to ensure compliance.

In fiscal year 2008, the Maritime Administration launched several new initiatives that 

place the Agency in the vanguard of federal organizations implementing policies 

stressing responsible environmental stewardship. The Agency’s ―Going Green‖ 

programs include an Environmental Excellence Initiative that focuses on strengthening environmental 

stewardship and developing and implementing ―green‖ procedures, including establishing an 

environmental management system at the Agency’s National Defense Reserve Fleet sites and the U.S. 

Merchant Marine Academy. 

The Maritime Administration began a new energy-efficiency and alternative-energy ―Going Green‖ 

initiative to evaluate the Agency’s energy applications and implemented an overhaul of energyconservation practices. This effort includes a newly developed ―Green‖ travel policy, which outlines travel 

practices that lead to carbon reductions for employees on official travel, and the Agency’s new ―green‖ 

procurement program, which should serve to reduce the Agency’s total carbon-emissions footprint.

Another element of the initiative is a new ―Green‖ awards program, which will recognize exceptional 

environmental stewardship by industry members in areas such as carbon-emissions reductions.

Cooperative research and development will be continued in public/private sector partnerships to address 

energy efficiency, emissions reductions, and optimal freight-routing scenarios for marine transportation. 

The Agency’s ―Going Green‖ initiative also focused on the University Student Green Ship Design 

Competition, which is an annual juried event for ultra-green ship design conducted in conjunction with the 

Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME). The student winners and their schools are 

announced and recognized annually by SNAME and the Maritime Administration.

At its nationwide locations, the Agency continued ―Going Green‖ by completing a major overhaul of its 

energy applications with the installation and use of new solar panels, fuel cells, electrical upgrades, and 

geothermal power. Participating Agency locations included its offices in Beaumont, TX; Suisun Bay, CA; 

James River, VA; Houston, TX; Miami, FL; San Francisco, CA; New York City, New Orleans, LA; 

St. Louis, MO; Chicago, IL; Norfolk, VA; Long Beach, CA; and at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 

Kings Point, NY.

The Agency’s

“Going Green” 

programs 

include an 

Environmental 

Excellence 

Initiative...
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Ship Disposal

When the ships of the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) are no longer militarily useful, the 

Maritime Administration oversees the environmentally responsible disposition of the obsolete vessels. 

Fiscal year 2008 was the sixth year the Agency received direct appropriations for its ship disposal 

program.

The Maritime Administration used four annual performance measures and goals during fiscal year 2008 

for the ship disposal program, and the program was more than successful in each of those measures.

Number of obsolete vessels from the NDRF sites covered by disposal contract awards for 

subsequent disposal: The target was 12; the actual number of contracts awarded for obsolete, 

non-retention ships was 21, exceeding the fiscal year 2008 target by nine.

Number of obsolete vessels removed from the NDRF sites for subsequent disposal: The target 

was 16 vessels; the actual number of vessels removed in fiscal year 2008 was 25, exceeding the 

fiscal year 2008 target by nine.

Number of obsolete vessels disposed of from the et NDRF sites: The target was 16 ships; the 

actual number of vessels disposed in fiscal year 2008 was 19, exceeding the fiscal year 2008 

target by three.

Cost-per-ton for obsolete vessel disposal actions from the NDRF: The target cost was $170 per 

ton; the actual cost-per-ton figure for fiscal year 2008 resulted in positive revenue due to vessel 

sales of $21 per ton.

The Maritime Administration continues to follow its Ship Disposal Comprehensive Management Plan 

(CMP) that implements disposition of all existing obsolete ships and future transfers in a timely manner, 

maximizing the use of all available disposal methods. Sound management of disposal contracts under 

the CMP also contributed to significant savings as shown in the cost-per-ton performance measure. 

Taken together, the fiscal year 2008 results from these measures have resulted in the reduced likelihood 

of environmental damage from the obsolete ship inventory now and into the near 

future.

In 2008, the Maritime 

Administration also 

exceeded the targets for 

its two long-term ship 

disposal measures by 

maintaining the number of 

high-priority ships 

available for disposal at no more than 5 

percent of the total number of obsolete ships 

in the NDRF with an actual result of 0.0 

percent. The Maritime Administration also 

exceeded the second long-term measure by 

removing more vessels in 2008 than the 

average number of ships designated as 

obsolete on an annual basis.

The Maritime Administration continues to communicate its disposal plan and impediments to Congress on 

a semi-annual basis and continues to address legal, legislative, and regulatory inter-Agency issues to 

ensure the efficient disposal of ships with due regard for the environment and worker safety.

Fiscal year 2008 

was the sixth year 

the Agency 

received direct 

appropriations for 

its ship disposal 

program.
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Environmental Assessment at NDRF

The Maritime Administration moved ahead on a Programmatic Environmental Assessment for the 

admittance, maintenance, and disposal of vessels at the NDRF sites. Changes in conditions have made 

it clear that procedures for admittance, in particular, needed to be changed, and that ships needed to be 

cleaned and emptied of oil before they were put into the NDRF sites. A draft assessment was issued in 

July and public comment gathered; a final plan is expected to be issued in fiscal year 2009.

Aquatic Invasive Species / Ballast Water Testing

Even as ships carry goods, they can also carry unwanted travelers: non-indigenous species, which can 

be transported on hulls or other surfaces, and in water used for ballast. Once introduced into a body of 

water, non-indigenous species can displace native species, causing harm to the local ecosystem. The 

transfer of species in this way is a worldwide problem.

Procedures and treatments are needed that will kill or neutralize invasive species without harming the 

environment; and, while such treatments have been successfully used in laboratory conditions, they are 

rarely successful aboard a working ship.

In July 2008, the Maritime Administration formally joined forces with the Maryland Department of 

Transportation and the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science to launch test facilities 

on board two of the Maritime Administration’s working Ready Reserve Force ships, the Cape Washington

and the Cape Wrath. The joint enterprise was formally launched during a shipboard ceremony in 

Baltimore harbor.
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Financial Statements

As of September 30, 2008 and 2007

The Financial Statements include:

Balance Sheet pages - 29–30

Statement of Net Cost - page 30

Statement of Changes in Net Position – Cumulative Result of Operations - page 31

Statement of Changes in Net Position – Unexpended Appropriations – page 32

Statement of Budgetary Resources - pages 33–34

Statement of Financing - pages 35–77

There are 23 Notes to the Financial Statement.
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Maritime Administration Financial Statements 

Balance Sheet As of September 30, 2008 and 2007 (Dollars in Thousands) 

FY 2008 FY 2007

Assets (Note 2)

Intragovernmental:

Fund Balance with Treasury (Note 3) $592,281 $578,432 

Investments (Note 4) 42,052 35,181 

Accounts Receivable, Net (Note 5) 37,808 43,752 

Loans Receivable

Other Assets (Note 6) 4,252 545 

Total Intragovernmental Assets $676,392 $657,910 

Cash and Other Monetary Assets 10 10

Investments (Note 4) 28,707 74,085

Accounts Receivable, Net (Note 5) 508

Loans Receivable and Related Foreclosed Property, Net (Note 7) 38,960 28,201

Inventory and Related Property, Net (Note 8) 247,163 253,559

General Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Note 9) 526,872 583,223

Other Assets (Note 6)

Total Assets $1,518,104 $1,597,496

Stewardship PP&E (Note 10)

Liabilities (Note 11)

Intragovernmental:

Accounts Payable $291 $3,757

Debt (Note 12) 128,082 194,409

Other Intragovernmental Liabilities (Note 13) 198,095 354,034

Total Intragovernmental Liabilities $326,469 $552,200

Accounts Payable 51,511 48,645

Loan Guarantee Liability (Note 7) 257,929 336,410

Federal Employee and Veterans' Benefits (Note 11) 22,219 21,523

Environmental Cleanup and Disposal Liabilities (Note 15) 190,932 285,480

Grant Accrual (Note 14)

Other Liabilities (Notes 13, and 17) 49,378 57,363

Total Liabilities $898,437 $1,301,621

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 17)
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Balance Sheet As of September 30, 2008 and 2007 – Cont. (Dollars in Thousands)

FY 2008 FY 2007

Net Position 

Unexpended Appropriations - Earmarked funds (Note 18)

Unexpended Appropriations - Other funds $198,732 $99,031

Cumulative Results of Operations - Earmarked funds (Note 18) 130,003 58,358

Cumulative Results of Operations - Other funds 290,933 138,486

Total Net Position $619,667 $295,875

Total Liabilities and Net Position $1,518,104 $1,597,496

Notes to the Financial Statements

Maritime Administration Financial 

Statement of Net Cost for Periods Ended September 30, 2008 and September 30, 2007 (Dollars in Thousands)

FY 2008 FY 2007

Program Costs (Notes 19 and 20): 

Gross Costs $823,452 $931,137

Less: Earned Revenues 608,372 360,410

Net Cost of Operations $215,079 $570,727
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Maritime Administration Financial Statements 

Notes to the Financial Statements

Maritime Administration Financial 

Statement of Changes in Net Position - Cumulative Results of Operations for Periods Ended September 30, 2008 and 

September 30, 2007 (Dollars in Thousands) 

FY 2008 FY 2007

Beginning Balances $196,844 $159,214

Adjustments (+/-)

Changes in Accounting Principle

Corrections of Errors

Beginning Balances, Adjusted $196,848 $159,214

Budgetary Financing Sources:

Other Adjustments (Rescissions, etc.) (+/-)

Appropriations Used $405,490 $605,877

Non-Exchange Revenue 1 194

Donations and Forfeitures of Cash and Cash Equivalents 1,557 2,422

Transfers-In/Out Without Reimbursement (+/-) 6,500 -58

Other Budgetary Financing Sources (+/-)

Other Financing Sources:

Donations and Forfeitures of Property

Transfers-In/Out Without Reimbursement (+/-) 21,000 -1,000

Imputed Financing From Costs Absorbed by Others 6,497 921

Other (+/-) -1,873

Total Financing Sources $439,171 $608,357

Net Cost of Operations $215,079 $570,727

Net Change $224,092 $37,630

Cumulative Results of Operations $420,936 $196,844
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Statement of Changes in Net Position - Unexpended Appropriations for Periods Ended September 30, 2008 and 

September 30, 2007 (Dollars in Thousands) 

FY 2008 FY 2007

Beginning Balances $99,031 $197,812

Adjustments (+/-)

Changes in Accounting Principle

Corrections of Errors

Beginning Balances, Adjusted $99,031 $197,812

Budgetary Financing Sources:

Appropriations Received 506,358 584,840

Appropriations Transferred-In/Out (+/-) 7,746

Other Adjustments (Rescissions, etc.) (+/-) -8,914 -77,744

Appropriations Used -405,490 -605,877

Total Budgetary Financing Sources $99,700 $-98,781

Total Unexpended Appropriations $198,732 $99,031
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Statement of Budgetary Resources for Periods Ended September 30, 2008 and September 30, 2007 (Dollars in 

Thousands) 

FY 2008 FY 2007

Budgetary Resources:

Unobligated Balance, Brought Forward, October 1 (+/-) $427,378 $516,882

Adjustment to Unobligated Balance Brought Forward 4,945

Recoveries of Prior Year Unpaid Obligations 52,851 3,240

Budget Authority:

Appropriations Received 597,088 585,480

Borrowing Authority 219,000 225,000

Contract Authority

Spending Authority From Offsetting Collections:

Earned

Collected 453,475 390,738

Change in Receivables from Federal Sources -5,874 -2,731

Change in Unfilled Customer Orders

Advance Received 9,539 -6,262

Without Advance from Federal Sources 34,008 -3,788

Expenditure Transfers from Trust Funds 6,500

Anticipated for Rest of Year, Without Advances

Previously Unavailable

Subtotal $1,313,736 $1,188,438

Non-Expenditure transfers, Net, Anticipated and Actual 7,746

Temporarily Not Available Pursuant to Public Law -4,945

Permanently Not Available -202,232 -376,529

Total Budgetary Resources $1,604,425 $1,327,086
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Statement of Budgetary Resources for Periods Ended September 30, 2008 and September 30, 2007 -- Cont. (Dollars in Thousands)

FY 2008 FY 2007

Status of Budgetary Resources:

Obligations Incurred:

Direct: $646,991 $585,643

Reimbursable: 457,461 314,065

Subtotal $1,104,453 $899,708

Unobligated Balance:

Apportioned 178,515 11,747

Exempt from Apportionment 2,944 1,359

Subtotal 181,459 13,106

Unobligated Balance Not Available: 318,513 414,272

Total Status of Budgetary Resources $1,604,425 $1,327,086

Change in Obligated Balance:

Obligated Balance, Net,

Unpaid Obligations, Brought Forward, Oct 1st (+) $298,285 $297,866

Uncollected Customer Payments from Fed Sources, Brought Forward, Oct 

1(-)

-116,622 -123,141

Total, Unpaid Obligated Balance, Brought Forward, Net $181,663 $174,725

Obligations Incurred (+): 1,104,453 899,708

Gross Outlays (-) -980,544 -896,050

Obligated Balance Transfers, Net:

Actual Transfers, Unpaid Obligations (+ or -)

Actual Transfers, Uncollected Customer Payments from Federal Sources (+ 

or -)

Total, Unpaid Obligated Balance Transferred, Net

Recoveries of Prior-Year Unpaid Obligations, Actual (-) -52,851 -3,240

Change in Uncollected Customer Payments from Federal Sources (+/-) -28,134 6,519

Obligated Balances, Net, End of Period:

Unpaid Obligations (+) 369,343 298,285

Uncollected Customer Payments from Federal Sources (-) -144,757 -116,622

Total, Unpaid Obligated Balance, Net, End of Period $224,586 $181,663

NET OUTLAYS

Gross Outlays (+) 980,544 896,050

Less: Offsetting Collections (-) -469,514 -384,477

Less: Distributed Offsetting Receipts -177,100 -17,638

Net Outlays $333,930 $493,935
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 2. Non-Entity Assets: (Dollars in Thousands)

Intragovernmental: September 30, 2008 September 30, 2007

Fund Balance with Treasury $110 $(268)

Investments - -

Accounts Receivable - -

Other Assets - -

Total Intragovernmental $110 $(268)

Cash and Other Monetary Assets $- $-

Accounts Receivable - -

Loans Receivable and Related Foreclosed Property - -

Inventory and Related Property - -

General Property, Plant and Equipment - -

Other Assets - -

Total Non-Entity Assets $110 $(268)

Total Entity Assets 1,517,994 1,597,764 

Total Assets $1,518,104 $1,597,496 

Entity Assets are assets, which the reporting entity has authority to use in its operations. 

Non-Entity Assets are held by the reporting entity, but are not available to the entity.

Non-Entity Asset amounts indicated above should agree with non-entity amounts indicated in other notes, such as accounts receivable, other 

assets, etc

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 3. Fund Balances with Treasury: (Dollars in Thousands) 

Entity Non-Entity September 30, 2008 September 30, 2007

Fund Balances: Assets Assets Total Total

Trust Funds $80,500 $- $80,500 $9,980 

Revolving Funds 352,247 - 352,247 429,935 

General Funds 159,323 - 159,323 139,061 

Other Fund Types 101 110 211 (544)

Total $592,171 $110 $592,281 $578,432 

Status of Fund Balance with Treasury:

Unobligated Balance

Available $(67,933) $-

Unavailable 101 -

Obligated Balance Not Yet Disbursed 420,785 -

Non-Budgetary FBWT (Credit Reform Financing Accounts or other 

FBWT that do not have budget authority)

239,328 -

Total $592,281 $ -

Fund Balances with Treasury are the aggregate amounts of the entity’s accounts with Treasury for which the entity is 

authorized to make expenditures and pay liabilities. Other Fund Types should include balances in deposit accounts, 

such as for the collections pending litigation, awaiting determination of the proper accounting disposition (i.e. 

clearing and suspense accounts), or being held by the entity in the capacity of a banker or agent for others, including 

miscellaneous receipt accounts.

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 4. Investments: (Dollars in Thousands) 

As of September 30, 2008

Amortized Market

(Premium) Investments Other Value

Cost Discount (Net) Adjustments Disclosure

Intragovernmental Securities: 

Marketable $41,402 $(546) $40,856 $1,196 $42,052 

Non-Marketable:

Par Value - - - - -

Market-Based - - - - -

Subtotal $41,402 $(546) $40,856 $1,196 $42,052 

Accrued Interest - - -

Total Intragovernmental

Investments $41,402 $(546) $40,856 $1,196 $42,052 

Amortized Market

(Premium) Investments Other Value

Cost Discount (Net) Adjustments Disclosure

Investments with the Public : 

Marketable $28,535 $106 $28,641 $(356) $28,285 

Non-Marketable:

Par Value - - - - -

Market-Based - - - - -

Subtotal $28,535 $106 $28,641 $(356) $28,285 

Accrued Interest 422 422 422 

Total Investments with the Public

$28,957 $106 $29,063 $(356) $28,707 
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 4. Investments: (Dollars in Thousands) 

As of September 30, 2008

Amortized Market

(Premium) Investments Other Value

Cost Discount (Net) Adjustments Disclosure

Intragovernmental Securities: 

Marketable $41,402 $(546) $40,856 $1,196 $42,052 

Non-Marketable:

Par Value - - - - -

Market-Based - - - - -

Subtotal $41,402 $(546) $40,856 $1,196 $42,052 

Accrued Interest - - -

Total Intragovernmental

Investments $41,402 $(546) $40,856 $1,196 $42,052 

Amortized Market

(Premium) Investments Other Value

Cost Discount (Net) Adjustments Disclosure

Investments with the Public : 

Marketable $28,535 $106 $28,641 $(356) $28,285 

Non-Marketable:

Par Value - - - - -

Market-Based - - - - -

Subtotal $28,535 $106 $28,641 $(356) $28,285 

Accrued Interest 422 422 422 

Total Investments with the Public

$28,957 $106 $29,063 $(356) $28,707 
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 5. Accounts Receivable (Continued): (Dollars in Thousands) 

As of September 30, 2007

Gross Allowance for Net

Amount Uncollectible Amount

Intragovernmental: Due Amounts Due

Entity

Accounts Receivable $43,752 $- $43,752 

Accrued Interest - - -

Total Entity Intragovernmental $43,752 $- $43,752 

Non-Entity:

Accounts Receivable $- $- $-

Accrued Interest - - -

Total Non-Entity Intragovernmental $- $- $-

Total Intragovernmental Receivables $43,752 $- $43,752 

Public:

Entity

Accounts Receivable $508 $- $508 

Accrued Interest - - -

Total Entity Public $508 $- $508 

Non-Entity:

Accounts Receivable $- $- $-

Accrued Interest - - -

Total Non-Entity Public $- $- $-

Total Public Receivables $508 $- $508 

Total Receivables $44,260 $- $44,260 

Entity Accounts Receivable are collected by the reporting entity for use in its operations. Non-Entity Accounts Receivable are 

collected by the reporting entity, but are not available to the Agency, such as when amounts collected must be transferred to the 

General Fund.

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 6. Other Assets (Dollars in Thousands) 

Intragovernmental: September 30, 2008 September 30, 2007

Entity:

Advances and Prepayments $4,252 $544 

Undistributed Assets and Payments - -

Other (Fully Describe Below) - -

Other (Fully Describe Below) - -

Total Entity Intragovernmental $4,252 $544 

Non-Entity:

Advances and Prepayments $- $-

Undistributed Assets and Payments - -

Other (Fully Describe Below) - -

Other (Fully Describe Below) - -

Total Non-Entity Intragovernmental $- $-

Total Intragovernmental Other Assets $4,252 $544 

Public:

Entity:

Advances to the States for Right of Way $- $-

Other Advances and Prepayments - -

Undistributed Assets and Payments - -

Other (Fully Describe Below) - -

Other (Fully Describe Below) - -

Total Entity Public $- $-

Non-Entity:

Advances and Prepayments $- $-

Undistributed Assets and Payments - -

Other (Fully Describe Below) - -

Other (Fully Describe Below) - -

Total Non-Entity Public $- $-

Total Public Other Assets $ - $ -

Entity Assets are available to the reporting entity in its operations. Non-Entity Assets are held by the reporting entity but not available, such 

as when amounts must be transferred to the General Fund.

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 7. Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees, Non-Federal Borrowers: (Dollars in Thousands) 

DOT administers the following direct loan and/or loan guarantee programs:

(1) Railroad Rehabilitation Improvement Program

(2) Amtrak Loans

(3) Transportation Infrastructure Finance Innovation Act (TIFIA) Loan Program

(4) Federal Ship Financing Fund (Title XI)

(5) OST Minority Business Resource Center Guaranteed Loan Program 

(6) Federal Ship Liquidating Fund (Title XI)

An analysis of loans receivable, allowance for subsidy costs, liability for loan guarantees, foreclosed property, modifications, 

reestimates,

and administrative costs associated with the direct loans and loan guarantees is provided in the following sections:

Defaulted Guaranteed Loans from Post-1991 Guarantees

Value of 

FY 2008 Assets

Loans Related to

Receivable, Interest Foreclosed Allowance Loans

Gross Receivable Property for Subsidy Receivable

(4) Fed Ship Financing Fund (Title XI) $43,680 $600 $- $(5,320) $38,960 

Total $43,680 $600 $- $(5,320) $38,960 

Value of 

FY 2007 Assets

Loans Related to

Receivable, Interest Foreclosed Allowance Loans

Gross Receivable Property for Subsidy Receivable

(4) Fed Ship Financing Fund (Title XI) $7,501 $200 $19,000 $1,500 $28,201 

Total $7,501 $200 $19,000 $1,500 $28,201 

Guaranteed Loans Outstanding

Outstanding Principal

of Guaranteed Loans,

Amount of Outstanding

Principal Guaranteed

Face 

Value

(3) TIFIA Loans $- $-

(4) Fed Ship Financing Fund (Title XI) 2,430,760 2,430,760 

(5) OST Minority Business Resource - -

(6) Fed Ship Liquidating Fund (Title XI) - -

Subtotal $2,430,760 $2,430,760 
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 7. Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees, Non-Federal Borrowers (Continued): (Dollars in Thousands)

Liability for Loan Guarantees (Present Value Method Post-1991 Guarantees):

FY 2008 FY 2007

Liabilities for Post-1991 Liabilities for Post-1991

Loan Guarantee Programs Guarantees, Present 

Value

Guarantees, Present 

Value

(4) Fed Ship Financing Fund (Title XI) $257,929 $336,410 

(5) OST Minority Business Resource - -

Total $257,929 $336,410 

Subsidy Expense for Loan Guarantees by Program and Component

FY 2008

Loan Guarantee Programs Interest 

Supplements

Defaults

Net

Fees and

Other

Collections

Other

Subsidy

Costs

Total

(3) TIFIA Loans $- $-

(4) Fed Ship Financing Fund (Title XI) - (38,599) 21,167 - (17,432)

(5) OST Minority Business Resource - - - - -

Subtotal $- $(38,599) $21,167 $- $(17,432)

FY 2007

Interest

Supplements

Defaults

Net

Fees and

Other

Collections

Other

Subsidy

Costs

Total

(3) TIFIA Loans $- $-

(4) Fed Ship Financing Fund (Title XI) - 891 774 20,499 22,164 

(5) OST Minority Business Resource - - - - -

Subtotal $ - $891 $774 $20,499 $22,164 
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 7. Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees, Non-Federal Borrowers (Continued): (Dollars in Thousands) 

Modifications and Reestimates

FY 2008

Loan Guarantee Programs Total 

Modifications

Interest

Rate Reestimates

Technical

Reestimates

Total 

Reestimates

(1) Railroad Rehab Improvement $- $- $- $-

(2) Amtrak Loans - - - -

(3) TIFIA Loans

(4) Fed Ship Financing Fund (Title XI) (106,400) (106,400)

Subtotal $- $- $- $ -

FY 2007

Total 

Modifications

Interest

Rate Reestimates

Technical

Reestimates

Total 

Reestimates

(1) Railroad Rehab Improvement $- $- $- $-

(2) Amtrak Loans - - - -

(3) TIFIA Loans

(4) Fed Ship Financing Fund (Title XI) (31,096) (31,096)

Subtotal $- $- $- $ -

Total Loan Guarantee Subsidy Expense:

Loan Guarantee Programs

FY 2008 FY 2007

(1) Railroad Rehab Improvement $- -

(2) Amtrak Loans

(3) TIFIA Loans

(4) Fed Ship Financing Fund (Title XI) (123,832) 22,164 

Subtotal $ - $ -
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 7. Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees, Non-Federal Borrowers (Continued): (Dollars in Thousands) 

Budget Subsidy Rates for Loan Guarantees for the Current Year Cohort

FY 2008

Loan Guarantee Programs Interest Fees and

Other

Differential Defaults Collection

s

Other Total

(3) TIFIA Loans 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

(4) Fed Ship Financing Fund (Title XI) 0.00% 9.23% -4.88% 0.00% 4.35%

(5) OST Minority Business Resource 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Subtotal 0.00% 9.23% -4.88% 0.00% 4.35%

Schedule for Reconciling Loan Guarantee Liability Balances (Post-1991 Loan Guarantees)

Beginning Balance, Changes, and Ending Balance FY 2008 FY 2007

Beginning Balance of the Loan Guarantee Liability $336,410 $345,342 

Add: Subsidy Expense for Guaranteed Loans Disbursed during the 

Reporting Years by Component: 

Interest Supplement Costs - -

Default Costs (net of recoveries) (5,824) 891 

Fees and Other Collections 21,838 774 

Other Subsidy Costs - 3,298 

Total of the Above Subsidy Expense Components $16,014 $4,963 

Adjustments:

Loan Guarantee Modifications - -

Fees Received -

Interest Supplements Paid - -

Foreclosed Property and Loans Acquired - -

Claim Payments to Lenders - -

Interest Accumulation on the Liability Balance 11,905 17,201 

Other -

Ending Balance of the Loan Guarantee Liability Before Reestimates $364,329 $367,506 

Add or Subtract Subsidy Reestimates by Component:

Interest Rate Reestimate - -

Technical/Default Reestimate (106,400) (31,096)

Total of the Above Reestimate Components $(106,400) $(31,096)

Ending Balance of the Loan Guarantee Liability $257,929 $336,410 
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Notes to the Financial Statements 

Note 7. Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees, Non-Federal Borrowers (Continued): (Dollars in Thousands)

The Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 divides direct loans and loan guarantees into two groups: 

(1) Pre-1992 means the direct loan obligations or loan guarantee commitments made prior to FY 1992 and the resulting direct 

loans obligations or loan guarantees, and

(2) Post-1991 means the direct loan obligations or loan guarantee commitments made after FY 1991 and the resulting direct loans 

or loan guarantees. The Act provides that, for direct loan obligations or loan guarantee commitments made after FY 1991, the

present value of the subsidy costs (which arises from interest rate differentials, interest subsidies, delinquencies and defaults, fee 

offsets, and other cash flows) associated with direct loans and loan guarantees be recognized as a cost in the year the direct or 

guaranteed loan is disbursed. Direct loans are reported net of an allowance for subsidy at present value, and loan guarantee 

liabilities are reported at present value. Foreclosed property is valued at the net realizable value. Loans receivable, net, or their 

value of assets related to direct loans, is not the same as the proceeds that they would expect to receive from selling their loans. 

DOT calculated the allowance for pre-1992 using the allowance for loss method.

Administrative costs could not be determined and disclosed because DOT has not fully implemented cost accounting 

Department wide. 

Discussion of MARAD’s Loan Guarantee Program

The Maritime Administration offers loan guarantees to qualified shipowners and shipyards. The guarantee provides the benefit

of long term financing at stable interest rates to the approved applicants. Prior to approval, the Maritime Administration 

thoroughly reviews the financing proposal.

During the current fiscal year, there have been no new loan approvals or modifications of existing loan guarantees.

During the fourth quarter of FY-08, there was one loan default in the amount of $38 million. This was the first loan default for 

the MARAD program since FY-2002.

Since MARAD issues loan guarantees, as opposed to direct loans funded by the Government, there is no accounts receivable 

effect on the financial statements for performing loans. MARAD currently has three accounts receivable totaling approximately 

$7 million from loan workout transactions and one defaulted loan receivable, as mentioned above, in the amount of $38 million, 

for a total receivable position as of 09/30/08 of approximately $45 million.

The MARAD policy for interest accrual is based on the contract interest rate for the particular receivable account. MARAD does 

not accrue interest on non-performing loans.

All foreclosed property from the 2002 defaults has been sold. There is one vessel from the current year’s default, in MARAD 

custody pending foreclosure, through the Department of Justice.

For FY-08 there was a net downward subsidy reestimate of $106.4 million
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Notes to the Financial Statements 

Note 7. Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees, Non-Federal Borrowers (Continued): (Dollars in Thousands)

MARAD Credit Reform Borrowing Terms

Under the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990, MARAD and other direct loan or loan guarantee agencies are authorized to 

borrow funds from Treasury to support the credit programs.

As of 09/30/08, MARAD has Treasury loans outstanding of $19,000,000, related to Credit Reform.

MARAD has standby borrowing authority with Treasury to the extent that funds on hand in the financing account are insufficient to 

cover defaulted guaranteed loan expenses.

The terms of the Treasury borrowings are as follows:

- All loan draw downs are dated October 1 of the applicable fiscal year.

- Interest is payable at the end of each fiscal year based on activity for that fiscal year.

- Principal can be repaid at any time funds become available. Repayment is effectuated by a combination of loan recoveries and

upward reestimates. Historically the majority of loan recovery is through foreclosure on the vessel or shipyard property financed under 

the MARAD guarantee.

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 8. Inventory and Related Property: (Dollars in Thousands) 

Allowance September 30, 2008 September 30, 2007

Cost for Loss Net Net

Inventory:

Inventory Held for Current Sale $- $- $- $-

Inventory Held in Reserve for Future Sale - - - -

Excess, Obsolete and Unserviceable Inventory - - - -

Inventory Held for Repair - - - -

Inventory Work In Process - - - -

Other - - - -

Total Inventory $ - $ - $ - $ -

Operating Materials and Supplies:

Items Held for Use (SGL 1511) $180,045 $4,856 $175,189 $179,688 

Items Held in Reserve for Future Use (SGL 1512) 65,903 - 65,903 69,998 

Excess, Obsolete and Unserviceable Items (SGL 

1513)

- - - -

Items Held for Repair (SGL 1514) 6,071 - 6,071 3,873 

Other - - - -

Total Operating Materials & Supplies $252,019 $4,856 $247,163 $253,559 

Total Inventory and Related Property $247,163 $253,559 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements 

Note 9. General Property, Plant and Equipment: (Dollars in Thousands)

Service Acquisition Accumulated September 30, 2008 September 30, 2007

Major Classes Life * Value Depreciation Net Book Value Net Book Value

Land $3,962 $- $3,962 $3,962 

Buildings and Structures 20 SL 150,943 59,798 91,145 74,068 

Furniture and Fixtures - - - -

Equipment 5-10 SL 23,647 23,431 216 267 

ADP Software 1,012 735 277 480 

Electronics 5-10 SL 738 738 - -

Assets Under Capital Lease - - - -

Leasehold Improvements - - - -

Aircraft - - - -

Ships and Vessels 25 SL 1,656,764 1,241,137 415,627 480,224 

Small Boats 10 SL 17,724 15,180 2,544 2,852 

Other Vehicles - - - -

Construction in Progress 13,101 - 13,101 21,370 

Property Not in Use - - - -

Other Miscellaneous

Property

- - - -

Total $1,867,891 $1,341,019 $526,872 $583,223 

* Key:

Range of Service Life

1-5 - 1 to 5 years

6-10 - 6 to 10 years

11-20 - 11 to 20 years

>20 - Over 20 years

SL = Straight Line depreciation method

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 10. Stewardship Property, Plant and Equipment [Heritage Assets](Continued):

Heritage Assets: Units as of Units as of 

09/30/07 Additions Withdrawals 9/30/2008

Real Property:

Buildings and Structures - - - -

Total Real Property Heritage Assets - - - -

Artifacts are those of the Maritime Administration. Maritime Administration artifacts are generally on loan to single purpose 

memorialization and remembrance groups, such as AMVETS and preservation societies. 

Museum and Other Collections are owned by the Maritime Administration. They are merchant marine artifacts, composed of 

ships’ operating equipment, obtained from obsolete ships. They are inoperative and in need of preservation and restoration. 

Museum items are on loan to organizations whose purpose is historic preservation, education, and remembrance, open to the 

public during regularly scheduled hours. Other collections are on loan to public and private entities, the display of which is 

incidental to maritime affairs, such as county and state buildings, port authorities, pilots associations, public and college libraries, 

and other organizations.

Buildings and Structures include Union Station in Washington, D.C. Union Station is an elegant and unique turn-of-the-century 

rail station in which one finds a wide variety of elaborate, artistic workmanship characteristic of the period. Union Station is

listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The station consists of the renovated original building and a parking garage, 

which was added by the U.S. Park Service. The Federal Railroad Administration received title to Union Station through 

appropriated funds and assumption of a mortgage. Mortgage payments are made by Union Station Venture Limited, which 

manages the property. Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, a non-profit group instrumental in the renovation of the 

station, sublets the operation of the station to Union Station Venture Limited.

Financial information for multi-use heritage assets is presented in the principal statements and notes.

The condition of the heritage assets is included in the Deferred Maintenance section of the Required Supplementary Information.

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 10. Stewardship Property, Plant and Equipment [Heritage Assets]:

1) Explain in a concise statement how the stewardship assets relate to the mission of the entity

Implied within the Agency’s mission is the promotion of the nation’s rich maritime heritage. One aspect of this entails the 

collection, maintenance and distribution of maritime artifacts removed from MARAD ships prior to their disposal. These 

artifacts are sought for public display in museums, aboard memorial ships, and in facilities used by government 

organizations and issued on a long-term loan basis for this purpose.

2) Provide a description of the stewardship policies for the heritage assets. Stewardship policies for heritage assets are goals 

and principles the entity established to guide its acquisition, maintenance, use, and disposal of heritage assets consistent 

with statutory requirements, prohibitions, and limitations governing the entity and the heritage assets.

MARAD has established a list of artifact-type items that are typically found aboard Agency-owned ships. As ships are 

assigned to a non-retention status in preparation for disposal, artifact items are collected, inventoried, photographed and 

relocated to secure shoreside storage facilities. This resulting inventory of artifacts is made available for long-term loan to 

qualified organizations for public display purposes. Qualified organizations have access to the artifact inventory via webbased system. The artifact loan process is also managed on-line via this system. The program is also supports required 

NHPA processing prior to vessel disposal. Funding for the maintenance of heritage items is typically the responsibility of 

the organization requesting the loan. As all items are durable and restorable, disposal is not a consideration.

HERITAGE ASSETS SUMMARY NUMBER OF PHYSICAL UNITS 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Units as of Units as of 

Heritage Assets: 09/30/07 Additions Withdrawals 9/30/2008

Personal Property:

Collections

Artifacts 40 1 - 41 

Museum 457 5 - 462 

Other Collections 101 - - 101 

Total Collections 598 6 - 604 

Total Personal Property Heritage Assets 598 6 - 604 
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Notes to the Financial Statements 

Note 11. Liabilities Not Covered by Budgetary Resources: (Dollars in Thousands)

Intragovernmental: September 30, 2008 September 30, 2007

Accounts Payable $- $-

Debt - 1,726 

Other Liabilities 96,690 226,598 

Total Intragovernmental $96,690 $228,324 

Public:

Accounts Payable $- $-

Federal Employee and Veterans’ Benefits Payable 22,219 21,523 

Environmental and Disposal Liabilities 190,932 285,479 

Other Liabilities 36,888 80,371 

Total Liabilities Not Covered by Budgetary Resources $346,729 $615,697 

Total Liabilities Covered by Budgetary Resources 551,708 685,924 

Total Liabilities $898,437 $1,301,621 

Liabilities Not Covered by Budgetary Resources are Liabilities incurred which are not covered by realized budgetary 

resources as of the Balance Sheet date.

Amounts indicated above for Liabilities Not Covered by Budgetary Resources should agree with Liabilities Not Covered by 

Budgetary Resources in other notes, such as Debt, Environmental and Disposal Liabilities, etc. 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements 

Note 12. Debt: (Dollars in Thousands)

Intragovernmental Debt:

As of September 30, 2008

FY 2008 Net Change FY 2008

Beginning During Ending

Balance Fiscal Year Balance

Covered by Budgetary Resources:

Debt to the Treasury $198,408 $(70,326) $128,082 

Debt to the Federal Financing Bank - - -

Debt to Other Federal Agencies - - -

Total Covered by Budgetary Resources $198,408 $(70,326) $128,082 

Not Covered by Budgetary Resources:

Debt to the Treasury $- $- $-

Debt to the Federal Financing Bank - - -

Debt to Other Federal Agencies - - -

Total Not Covered by Budgetary Resources $- $- $-

Total Intragovernmental Debt $198,408 $(70,326) $128,082 
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Notes to the Financial Statements 

Note 12. Debt (Continued): (Dollars in Thousands) 

Intragovernmental Debt:

As of September 30, 2008

FY 2007 Net Change FY 2007

Beginning During Ending

Balance Fiscal Year Balance

Covered by Budgetary Resources:

Debt to the Treasury $271,308 $(76,900) $194,408 

Debt to the Federal Financing Bank - - -

Debt to Other Federal Agencies - - -

Total Covered by Budgetary Resources $271,308 $(76,900) $194,408 

Not Covered by Budgetary Resources:

Debt to the Treasury $- $- $-

Debt to the Federal Financing Bank - - -

Debt to Other Federal Agencies - - -

Total Not Covered by Budgetary Resources $- $- $-

Total Intragovernmental Debt $271,308 $(76,900) $194,408 

FY 2008 DEBT BEGINNING BALANCE MUST EQUAL 9/30/07 ENDING BALANCE.

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 13. Environmental and Disposal Liabilities (Continued): (Dollars in Thousands) 

Components of the Liability

MARAD Environmental Remediation Liability

MARAD’s environmental remediation liability generally occurs under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 

1976 (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA or 

Superfund) or the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Environmental remediation includes the fuel storage tank 

program, fuels, solvents, industrial, and chemicals, and other environmental cleanup associated with normal operations 

or as a result of an accident. Cost estimates for environmental cleanup and asset disposal liabilities are not adjusted for 

inflation and are subject to revision as a result of changes in technology and environmental laws and regulations.

MARAD Asset Disposal Liability

The National Maritime Heritage Act requires that the Maritime Administration dispose of certain merchant vessels owned 

by the U.S. government, including non-retention ships in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Residual fuel, asbestos, and 

solid polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) sometimes exist onboard MARAD’s non-retention ships. MARAD is reporting 

future costs for disposing existing non-retention ships as unfunded asset disposal liabilities.

Environmental remediation generally occurs under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), the 

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund), or the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA). Environmental remediation includes the fuel storage tank program, fuels, solvents, 

industrial, and chemicals, and other environmental cleanup activities associated with normal operations or the result of an 

accident. The increase or decrease in annual liability is charged to the current year expense.

As of September 30, 2008 and 2007, MARAD’s environmental remediation liability primarily includes the removal of 

contaminants on the Nuclear Ship Savannah, containment of exfoliating ship paint for the non-retention ships in the 

National Defense Ready Reserve Fleet (Fleet), and the remediation at various sites managed by MARAD.

MARAD has not recorded a liability for potential contamination at a site in Portland, Oregon. Because the remedial 

investigation/feasibility study has not been completed and because MARAD is listed as one of hundreds of potentially 

responsible parties, it is not yet possible to reasonably estimate MARAD’s portion, if any, of the remediation costs.

The National Maritime Heritage Act requires MARAD to dispose of certain merchant vessels owned by the U.S. 

government, including non-retention ships in the fleet. The asset disposal liability at September 30, 2008 includes the 

estimated cost of disposing 187 ships. 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 14. Grant Accrual: (NOT APPLICABLE, Exclude)

Grant liabilities are accrued in two categories. The first category is grant related requests for payments that had been billed to an 

Agency entity as of September 30, but had not yet been paid. The second category is for the grant related costs incurred, but not yet 

reported (IBNR). IBNR represents an estimate of amounts due to grantees for their expenditures made through September 30 for 

which payment requests have not been received from grantees as of September 30.

Grant accruals by Operating Administrations at September 30, 2008 and 2007 are summarized as follows:

FY 2008 FY 2007

Federal-Aid Highways $- $-

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration

Federal Transit Administration - -

Federal Aviation Administration - -

Federal Highway Administration 

(non-trust fund)

- -

Federal Railroad Administration - -

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration

-

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration

- -

Total Grant Accrual $ - $ -
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 15. Other Liabilities: (Dollars in Thousands)

As of September 30, 2008

Intragovernmental: Non-Current Current FY 2008

Liabilities Liabilitie

s

Total

Covered by Budgetary Resources:

Advances and Prepayments $- $95,949 $95,949 

Accrued Pay and Benefits - - -

Undisbursed Loans - - -

Federal Employees Compensation Act Billings - - -

Uncleared Disbursements and Collections - (499) (499)

Deferred Credits - (15) (15)

Deposit Funds - - -

Other - Employer Contribution & Payroll Taxes Payable - - -

Other Liabilities - 5,970 5,970 

Total Intragovernmental Covered by 

Budgetary Resources $- $101,405 $101,405 

Not Covered by Budgetary Resources:

Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) 

2007 Bill (Current) $- $2,162 $2,162 

2008 Bill (Non-Current) 1,913 - 1,913 

4th Quarter of FY 2008 (Non-Current) 460 - 460 

Unbilled Accrued Benefits (Non-Current) - - -

Total FECA Liabilities $2,373 $2,162 $4,535 

Other Accrued Liabilities - Ocean Freight Differential 91,696 - 91,696 

Other - Deferred Credit - - -

Other - Advances and Prepayments 

Other Accrued Liabilities - Custodial Liabilities 3 $3 

Other Unfunded Employment Related Liabilities 456 $456 

Total Intragovernmental Not Covered by 

Budgetary Resources $94,528 $2,162 $96,690 

Total Intragovernmental Other Liabilities $94,528 $103,567 $198,095 
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 15. Other Liabilities (Continued): (Dollars in Thousands) 

Public: NonCurrentCurrent FY 2008

Liabilities Liabilitie

s

Total

Covered by Budgetary Resources:

Accrued Unbilled State Payments $- $- $-

Other Accrued Unbilled Payments - - -

Accrued Pay and Benefits - 3,859 3,859 

Uncleared Disbursements and Collections - 615 615 

Advances and Prepayments - 3,575 3,575 

Deposit Funds - - -

Deferred Credits 4,440 - 4,440 

Capital Leases - - -

Other (FULLY DESCRIBE BELOW) - - -

Other (FULLY DESCRIBE BELOW) - - -

Total Public Covered by Budgetary 

Resources $4,440 $8,049 $12,489 

Not Covered by Budgetary Resources:

Accrued Pay and Benefits $- $- $-

Deposit Funds - - -

Legal Claims 2,901 - 2,901 

Capital Leases - - -

Other - Unfunded Leave 7,201 - 7,201 

Other - Other Deferred Revenue 26,789 - 26,789 

Other - Custodial Liabilities (3) - (3)

Total Public Not Covered by Budgetary 

Resources $36,888 $ - $36,888 

Total Public Other Liabilities $41,328 $8,049 $49,378 
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 15. Other Liabilities (Continued): (Dollars in Thousands)

As of September 30, 2007

Intragovernmental: Non-Current Current FY 2007

Liabilities Liabilities Total

Covered by Budgetary Resources:

Advances and Prepayments $- $89,939 $89,939 

Accrued Pay and Benefits - - -

Undisbursed Loans - - -

Federal Employees Compensation Act Billings - - -

Uncleared Disbursements and Collections - (3,444) (3,444)

Deferred Credits - 34,972 34,972 

Deposit Funds - - -

Other (FULLY DESCRIBE BELOW) - - -

Other Liabilities - 5,970 5,970 

Total Intragovernmental Covered by 

Budgetary Resources $- $127,437 $127,437 

Not Covered by Budgetary Resources:

Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) 

2007 Bill (Current) $- $2,506 $2,506 

2006 Bill (Non-Current) 2,162 - 2,162 

Quarter of FY 2007 (Non-Current) 479 - 479 

Unbilled Accrued Benefits (Non-Current) - - -

Total FECA Liabilities $2,641 $2,506 $5,147 

Other Accrued Liabilities - Ocean Freight Differential (2190) - 221,000 221,000 

Other - Deferred Credit (2320) - - -

Other - Advances and Prepayments (2310) - -

Other Accrued Liabilities - Custodial Liabilities (2980) 3 3 

Other Unfunded Employment Related Liabilities (2290) 447 447 

Total Intragovernmental Not Covered by 

Budgetary Resources $2,641 $223,956 $226,597 

Total Intragovernmental Other Liabilities $2,641 $351,393 $354,034 
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 16. Leases (Continued): (NOT APPLICABLE, exclude)

Net Capital Lease Liability, divided between Covered by Budgetary Resources and Not Covered by Budgetary Resources, should 

equal Capital Lease Liability amounts reported in Note 15, Other Liabilities.

Operating Leases:

Future Payments Due:

Fiscal Year

Year 1 (2009) $-

Year 2 (2010) -

Year 3 (2011) -

Year 4 (2012) -

Year 5 (2013) -

After 5 Years (2014+) -

Total Future Lease Payments $ -

Amounts for Operating Leases must be reported in this note, but are not reported on the financial statement as a liability, since 

the Agency is not assuming the risks and benefits of ownership. 

Provide other information necessary for understanding leases that is not disclosed in the above categories.
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 17. Contingencies and Commitments:

Describe any contingencies. A loss contingency is an existing condition, situation, or set of circumstances involving uncertainty as to 

possible loss to an entity. The uncertainty should ultimately be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. The 

likelihood that the future event or events will confirm the loss or the incurrence of a liability can range from probable to remote. 

Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS) No. 5, as amended by SFFAS No. 12, contains the criteria for recognition 

and disclosure of contingent liabilities. In addition to the contingent liabilities required by SFFAS No. 5, the following shall also be 

disclosed: (1) An estimate of obligations related to canceled appropriations for which the reporting entity has a contractual commitment 

for payment, and (2) Amounts for contractual arrangements, which may require future financial obligations (commitments), e.g., 

undelivered orders.

1. Legal Claims 2,901 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 18. Earmarked Funds:

Notes to OA: If your organization has more than one earmarked fund, please provide a separate explanation for each earmarked fund in 

Sections A-C. If the category of earmarked funds is not listed for your OA, please add as appropriate.

Section A: A description of each fund’s purpose, how the entity accounts for and reports the fund, and its authority to use those revenues 

and other financing sources.

War Risk Insurance Fund - MARAD is authorized to insure against loss or damage from marine war risks until commercial insurance can 

be obtained on reasonable terms and conditions. This insurance includes war risk hull and disbursement interim insurance, war risk 

protection and indemnity interim insurance, second seaman’s war risk interim insurance and war risk cargo insurance standby program. 

Special Study, Services & Project Fund - All payments for work or services performed or to be performed under the Act shall be 

deposited in this separate account, which may be used to pay directly the costs of such work or services. 

Gifts and Bequests Fund - The Secretary is authorized to accept, hold, and administer gifts and bequests of property, both real and 

personal for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of Department of Transportation.

Section B: The sources of revenue or other financing for the period and an explanation of the extent to which they are inflows of 

resources to the Government or the result of intra-governmental flows.

Section C: Any change in legislation during or subsequent to the reporting period and before the issuance of the financial statements that 

significantly changes the purpose of the fund or that redirects a material portion of the accumulated balance.

None

Section D:

Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2008

All Other Earmarked

Assets Funds

Fund Balance with Treasury $83,736 

Investments, Net 42,473 

Accounts Receivable, Net -

Property, Plant & Equipment 3,794 

Other -

Total Assets $130,003 
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 18. Earmarked Funds (Continued):

Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2007 All Other Earmarked

Assets Funds

Fund Balance with Treasury $18,595 

Investments, Net 35,817 

Accounts Receivable, Net -

Property, Plant & Equipment 3,946 

Other -

Total Assets $58,358 

Liabilities and Net Position

Liabilities (explain the types of liabilities) $-

Accounts Payable -

FECA Liabilities -

Grants Accrual -

Other Liabilities -

Unexpended Appropriations -

Cumulative Results of Operations 58,358 

Total Liabilities and Net Position $58,358 
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 18. Earmarked Funds (Continued):

Statement of Net Cost

For the Period Ended September 30, 2007

Program Costs $2,943 

Less Earned Revenue 4,893 

Net Program Costs (1,949)

Costs Not Assigned to Programs -

Less Earned Revenues Not Assigned to Programs -

Net Cost of Operations $(1,949)

Statement of Changes in Net Position 

For the Period Ended September 30, 2007

Beginning Net Position $53,792 

Budgetary Financing Sources 2,616 

Other Financing Sources -

Net Cost of Operations (1,949)

Net Position End of Period $58,358 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 19. Net Program Costs: (Dollars in Thousands)

Program Costs September 30, 2008 September 30, 2007

Maritime

Program 1 (Ship Construction - 1708) $(1,382) $(5,697)

Program 2 (Operating Diff. Subsidy - 1709) - 2,595 

Program 3 (Ready Reserve Fleet - 1710) 206 1,182 

Program 4 (Maritime Security Program - 1711) 153,653 155,597 

Program 5 (Operations & Training - 1750) 100,880 104,865 

Program 6 (Ocean Freight Diff. - 1751) (921) 272,766 

Program 7 (Federal Ship Financing Fund - 4301) - (20)

Program 8 (War Risk Insurance - 4302) (1,277) (1,318)

Program 9 (Vessel Op. Revolving Fund - 4303) (11,374) 6,344 

Program 10 (MGL Program - 1752) 4,119 17,704 

Program 11 (MGL Financing - 4304) 21,000 (1,000)

Program 12 (Gift and Bequest - 8503) 1,508 2,853 

Program 13 (Special Studies - 8547) (70,319) (3,484)

Program 14 (Ship Disposal - 1768) 17,325 18,339 

Program 15 (MGL Escrow Fund - 6040) - -

Program 16 (General Fund Proprietary Receipt - 3220) - -

Program 17 (Assistance to Small Shipyards (1770) 1,661 -

Total Maritime Program Costs $215,079 $570,727 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 20. Intragovernmental Costs and Exchange Revenues:

FY 2008 FY 2007

Maritime Transportation:

Intragovernmental Gross Costs $136,166 $344,189 

Public Costs 687,285 586,739 

Total Program Costs 823,451 930,928 

Intragovernmental Earned Revenue 399,761 354,214 

Public Earned Revenue 208,611 5,988 

Total Program Earned Revenue 608,372 360,202 

Net Program Cost $215,079 $570,727 

Cross-Cutting Programs:

Intragovernmental Gross Costs $- $-

Public Costs - -

Total Program Costs - -

Intragovernmental Earned Revenue - -

Public Earned Revenue - -

Total Program Earned Revenue - -

Net Program Cost $- $-

Costs Not Assigned to Programs - -

Less Earned Revenues Not

Attributed to Programs - -

Net Cost of Operations $215,079 $570,727 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 21. Statement of Changes in Net Position: (NOT APPLICABLE, exclude) 

(Dollars in Thousands)

Prior Period Adjustments:

September 30, 2008 September 30, 2007

(1) Other (FULLY 

DESCRIBE BELOW)

$- $-

(2) Other (FULLY 

DESCRIBE BELOW)

- -

(3) Other (FULLY 

DESCRIBE BELOW)

- -

(4) Other (FULLY 

DESCRIBE BELOW)

- -

Total $ - $ -

Fully describe the nature of any prior period adjustments and any other information relative to prior period adjustments.

Non-Exchange Revenue: September 30, 2008 September 30, 2007

Taxes and Other Non-Exchange 

Revenue:

Gasoline $- $-

Diesel and Special Motor 

Fuels

- -

Passenger Ticket - -

Trucks - -

Gasohol - -

International Departure - -

Fuel (Air) - -

Waybill - -

Fines and Penalties - -

Investment Income - -

Other Non-Exchange 

Revenue (Describe)

- -

Other Non-Exchange 

Revenue (Describe)

- -

Other Non-Exchange 

Revenue (Describe)

- -

Total Taxes $- $-

Less: Transfers - -

Gross Taxes $- $-

Less: Refunds and Other 

Credits

- -

Net Non-Exchange Revenue $ - $ -

Report all taxes and collections received from the public that result from the exercise of the Federal Government’s sovereign powers to 

tax and all other non-exchange revenue. Provide other information relative to tax revenues.
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 22. Statement of Budgetary Resources:

(Dollars in Thousands)

The amount of direct and reimbursable obligations incurred against amounts apportioned under Category A, B and Exempt from 

apportionment as of the end of the period:

FY 2008

+ Direct Reimbursable Total 

Category A $116,709 $456,517 $573,226 

Category B 442,863 945 443,808 

Exempt from apportionment 87,419 - 87,419 

Total $646,991 $457,462 $1,104,453 

FY 2007

Direct Reimbursable Total 

Category A $98,715 $314,065 $412,780 

Category B 475,790 - 475,790 

Exempt from apportionment 11,138 - 11,138 

Total $585,643 $314,065 $899,708 

FY 2008 FY 2007

Available Contract Authority as of the end of the 

period: 

$- $-

Available Borrowing Authority as of the end of the 

period: 

$200,000 $225,000 

Undelivered orders, Unpaid at the end of the period 

(SGLs 4801,4831,4871,4881)

$312,910 $240,728 
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 22. Statement of Budgetary Resources (Continued):

(Dollars in Thousands)

Describe repayment requirements, financing sources for repayment, and other terms of borrowing authority used:

Adjustments during the fiscal year to Beginning Balance of Budgetary Resources: 

FY 2008 FY 2007

Cumulative Authorizations in Excess of Obligation 

Limitation

$- $-

Rescissions - -

Prior Year Recoveries - -

Temporarily Not Available - -

Cancelled Authority - -

Permanently Not Available - -

Other Adjustments (Describe) - -

Total Adjustments to Beginning Balance of 

Budgetary Resources

$ - $ -

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 23. Incidental Custodial Collections: (NOT APPLICABLE, exclude) (Dollars in Thousands)

Note to OA: This section pertains to all miscellaneous receipts fund group that is custodial in nature

Revenue Activity:

Sources of Cash Collections:

September 30, 2008 September 30, 2007

Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures $- $-

User Fees - -

Miscellaneous Receipts - -

Other (Describe) - -

Other (Describe) - -

Other (Describe) - -

Total Cash Collections $ - $ -

Accrual Adjustment (+/-) - -

Total Custodial Revenue $ - $ -

Disposition of Collections:

Transferred to Others (by Recipient):

Treasury (General Fund) $- $-

Other (Describe) - -

(Increase) Decrease in Amounts Yet to be Transferred - -

Collections Used for Refunds and Other Payments - -

Retained by the Reporting Entity - -

Net Custodial Revenue Activity $ - $ -

Both Sources of Cash Collections and Disposition of Collections should be entered as positive amounts. The only exceptions are the Accrual 

Adjustment and the (Increase) Decrease in Amounts to be Transferred lines, which should be the same, but may be either positive or negative 

amounts. Total Sources of Cash Collections should equal Total Disposition of Collections to arrive at Net Custodial Revenue Activity of zero.

The only refunds and other payments to be disclosed in this note are 

those made from custodial collections.
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Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 24. Reconciliation of Net Cost of Operations to Budget: (NOT APPLICABLE, exclude)

Format and guidance will be 

provided separately

Notes to the Financial Statements

Deferred Maintenance: (Dollars in Thousands)

DOT Asset Cost to Return to

Entity Major Class 

of Asset

Method of 

Measurement

Condition* Acceptable Condition**

FAA Buildings Condition 

Assessment

4 & 5 $-

Survey

Other 

Structures 

and 

Condition 

Assessment

4 & 5 -

Facilities Survey

Other 

(Describe)

? ? -

MARAD Vessels, 

Ready 

Reserve 

Condition 

Assessment

2 4,511 

Force Survey

Real 

Property, 

Anchorage

Condition 

Assessment

2 40 

Survey

Real 

Property, 

Buildings

Condition 

Assessment

2 & 3 350 

Survey

Other - Pier 

and Berthing 

Surveys and 

Studies

Estimate 2 35 

Other Other 

(Heritage 

Assets)

Condition 

Assessment 

Survey

3 & 4 200 
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Total $5,136 

*Asset Condition Rating Scale:

1 - Excellent

2 - Good

3 - Fair

4 - Poor

5 - Very Poor

**Acceptable 

Condition is:

FAA Buildings

FAA Other Structures 

and Facilities 

MARAD Vessels, 

Ready Reserve Force

MARAD, Real 

Property, Anchorage

MARAD, Real 

Property, Buildings

Other (Describe)

3 - Fair 

3 - Fair 

1 - Excellent - Ships are seaworthy and ready for mission assignments within prescribed time limits.

3 - Fair - Adequate water depth, shore power, and mooring capabilities.

3 - Fair - Buildings are safe and inhabitable.

?

Describe requirements or standards for acceptable operating condition and any change in the condition requirements or standards.

Deferred Maintenance is maintenance that was not performed when it should have been or was scheduled to be performed and 

delayed until a future period. Maintenance is keeping fixed assets in acceptable condition, and includes preventative maintenance, 

normal repairs, replacement of parts and structural components, and other activities needed to preserve assets in a condition to 

provide acceptable service and to achieve expected useful lives.

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the financial statements

Notes to the Financial Statements 

Schedule of Budgetary Resources by Major Fund Type: (NOT APPLICABLE, exclude)

Required Supplementary Information

Format and guidance will be provided separately
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APPENDIX: Litigation and 

Administrative Proceedings

Foreign Build and U.S.-Flag Vessels

On March 18, 2008, the Maritime Administrator issued a preliminary order in Docket No. A-199, 

addressing the request of the Shipbuilders Council of America, Inc. and Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines 

LLC (collectively, Petitioners) that the Maritime Administration investigate whether certain work performed 

in foreign shipyards on vessels owned by Matson Navigation Company (Matson) constitutes 

reconstruction or rebuilding of those vessels. Petitioners maintained that the Matson vessels have been 

reconstructed or rebuilt abroad, and the vessels are therefore ineligible to participate in the Capital 

Construction Fund (CCF) and civilian cargo preference programs. 

After consideration of written submissions by Petitioners and Matson, the Maritime Administrator found 

that Petitioners’ allegations as to the foreign rebuilding of the SS Lihue, SS Matsonia, M/V Pfeiffer, and 

SS Kauai relative to eligibility for preference to carry U.S. government-sponsored civilian cargoes do not 

warrant further investigation, but that the Maritime Administration will review additional information to be 

submitted by Matson relative to whether the SS Lurline and M/V Mokihana have been rebuilt abroad and 

remain eligible for preference to carry U.S. government-sponsored civilian cargoes. In addition, the 

Maritime Administrator determined that no investigation will be opened as to whether any Matson vessel 

is no longer an ―eligible‖ or ―qualified‖ vessel under Matson’s CCF agreement unless the Coast Guard 

determines that vessel to have been rebuilt abroad and to be ineligible for a coastwise endorsement.

Petitioners had also challenged Coast Guard determinations that certain Matson vessels had not been 

rebuilt abroad for purposed of compliance with the coastwise trade requirements. That challenge is being 

heard in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. No party has challenged the Maritime 

Administration docket opinion.

Clean Water Act

Under the Clean Water Act, the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the United States is generally 

prohibited unless authorized under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (―NPDES‖) permit. 

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had issued a regulation that exempted the ordinary 

discharges from vessels from the general rule. This regulation was struck down in Northwest 

Environmental Advocates v. EPA, 537 F.3d 1006 (9th Cir. 2008) and EPA was given until December 19, 

2008 to promulgate new rules with respect to vessel discharges. These new rules will not cover the 

non-retention vessels of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. The Maritime Administration will be seeking 

NPDES permits from the states with respect to those vessels. 

The Maritime Administration has been involved in litigation with plaintiffs, who among other things, have 

argued that such NDPES permits issued by cognizant state regulatory authorities are necessary for the 

operation of the National Defense Reserve Fleet with particular reference to the vessels in the Suisun 

Bay Reserve Fleet. Interrelated with that suit is a notice of intent to sue from the State of California. 

Plaintiffs have also contended that the Maritime Administration’s vessel disposal program has not 

performed the environmental analysis necessary under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 

The Maritime Administration is working with California regulatory officials as well as officials in other 

states in which the National Defense Reserve Fleet operates to bring fleet operations in full compliance 

with the requirements of the Clean Water Act. The Maritime Administration is also undertaking a ―hard

look‖ at the environmental impacts of its ship disposal program in compliance with NEPA. 
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Toxic Substances Control Act

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) prohibits the export of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in 

excess of certain prohibited concentrations. Most vessels constructed before 1978 were constructed with 

PCBs. EPA’s position is that this prevents vessels containing such PCBs from being disposed of abroad, 

even when the PCBs are part of the vessel’s structure and watertight integrity.

The Sanctuary was a former Maritime Administration vessel that was transferred to a charitable 

organization in 1989. When the charitable organization that owned Sanctuary failed to pay the costs 

associated with maintaining the vessel, it was sold at an admiralty sale and buyer of the vessel sought to 

remove the vessel overseas. The United States initiated legal proceedings which enjoined the removal of 

that vessel. The owner has filed a third-party complaint against Maritime Administration and the Navy, as 

former owners of the vessel, under tort law, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and TSCA, alleging that the Maritime Administration and the 

Navy are liable due to the presence of the PCBs for the owner’s lost business opportunities.

Title XI Litigation

The Maritime Administration successfully concluded litigation in two earlier bankruptcies related to two 

Title XI companies. Proofs of claim have been filed in one consolidated bankruptcy related to four Title XI 

companies, and litigation continued on the litigated claims. In addition, this fiscal year the Maritime 

Administration commenced foreclosure proceedings on one cruise vessel following default in payment of 

its Title XI guaranteed obligations.

Admiralty Personal Injury Cases 

There were 12 active personal injury cases pending against the United States in federal district court as 

of Sept. 30, 2008

Deepwater Ports Litigation

On Feb. 15, 2008, Deepwater Port Applicant, Atlantic Sea Island Group, LLC filed a complaint with the 

U.S. District Court for the District Court of Columbia for declaratory and injunctive relief from a Nov. 2, 

2007, determination by the Maritime Administrator designating the State of New Jersey an Adjacent 

Coastal State in accordance with 33 U.S.C. § 1508(a)(2) of the Deepwater Port Act (DWPA). (Atlantic 

Sea Island Group LLC v. Connaughton, (D.D.C., No. 08-00259)). The case has been briefed. In the 

meantime, processing of the application has proceeded even though the statutory timeline has been 

suspended pending the receipt of outstanding environmental and financial data gaps.

Citizenship Matters

Macquarie Group, an Australian enterprise, approached the Office of the Chief Counsel to determine 

whether Maritime Administration approval is necessary for its acquisition of a company engaged in the 

coastwise trade. In its initial proposal, the non-citizen parent corporation held an economic interest in the 

venture and maintained some degree of control through the board of directors of the new U.S. holding 

company entity, which the Maritime Administration believed implicated its foreign transfer regulations. 

Macquarie and the U.S.-citizen participants in the new venture addressed the Agency’s concerns about 

foreign control of a company engaged in coastwise trade, and made changes to the operating agreement 

of the new limited liability company in order to comply with the Jones Act. In view of these changes, the 

Maritime Administration issued a letter concurring with Macquarie and the U.S. participants that the 

ownership structure of the company after the transaction did not constitute a foreign transfer.
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The Maritime Administration and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) coordinated efforts in the 

investigation of the vessel owner of the fishing industry vessel, the Stellar Sea. The Maritime 

Administration conducted an ownership and control analysis of the vessel owning entity and in that 

process discovered that certain information central to the analysis of the citizenship status of the owners 

had not previously been provided by the vessel owner. As a result of a final review, the Citizenship 

Approval Officer determined that impermissible non-citizen participation would exist if the vessel owner 

did not take immediate steps to modify their existing relationship with the non-citizen lender. The vessel 

owner agreed to take the necessary steps and has since worked to comply with the Agency’s 

requirements as directed.
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For Immediate Release

Office of the Press Secretary

May 21, 2008 

National Maritime Day, 2008 

A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America 

On National Maritime Day, America honors our highly skilled mariners who sail the high seas, support 

those on the front lines of the war on terror, and promote commerce around the world. 

Since 1775, the United States Merchant Marine has served our country, helping America become a great 

maritime power. During the Second World War, courageous mariners were among those who suffered 

greatly -- hundreds of ships were lost to enemy action, and many mariners made the ultimate sacrifice. 

We pay tribute to these heroes who answered the call to serve when our Nation needed them most. 

Today, our merchant mariners continue to protect our homeland, including by supporting our troops in 

Iraq and Afghanistan. 

In times of peace and war, these brave patriots help keep our Nation safe and strengthen our economy. 

By transporting American goods across the oceans, merchant mariners facilitate commerce and advance 

trade. These Americans honor the noble traditions of seafarers and enrich our country’s maritime 

heritage. 

In recognition of the importance of the U.S. Merchant Marine, the Congress, by joint resolution approved 

on May 20, 1933, as amended, has designated May 22 of each year as ―National Maritime Day,‖ and has 

authorized and requested that the President issue an annual proclamation calling for its appropriate 

observance. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby 

proclaim May 22, 2008, as National Maritime Day. I call upon the people of the United States to mark this 

observance by honoring the service of merchant mariners and by displaying the flag of the United States 

at their homes and in their communities. I also request that all ships sailing under the American flag 

dress ship on that day. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of May, in the year of our 

Lord two thousand eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

thirty-second. 

GEORGE W. BUSH
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Photo Credits FY 2008 Annual Report

Front and back cover: Washington State Ferry at Sunrise, Derek Taff

Page 4: MV Washington Express, Hapag Lloyd USA LLC

Page 5: Maritime Administration

Page 8: Seafarer on RRF ship, Maritime Administration

Page 9: River Barge, Maritime Administration

Page 12: Port of Guam (Courtesy of port of Guam)

Page 16: Negotiations in Vietnam, Maritime Administration

Page 19: Flags on the RRF ship MV Antares, Maritime Administration

Page 21: MV Ocean Atlas, U.S. Ocean LLC

Page 22: Seafarer on RRF ship, Maritime Administration

Page 23: The SS Chesapeake, Maritime Administration

Page 24: Coral reef, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Page 26: Truckee leaves the James River Reserve Fleet for disposal, Maritime Administration

Page 27: Opening of ballast water test facilities on the MV Cape Washington, Crowley Maritime 

Corporation
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