Business · 08/10/2026

Request Notice: Use of Foreign-Built Small Passenger Vessel in United States Coastwise Trade, M/V BEAR PAW

The U.S. Secretary of Transportation, acting on behalf of the Maritime Administration (MARAD), has the authority to decide on the use of foreign-built, U.S.-built, and rebuilt vessels that only transport cargo along the U.S. coast, specifically the M/V BEAR PAW.