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America's Marine Highway Program (AMHP) is a U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) discretionary grant opportunity that funds designated Marine Highway Projects, meaning new or expanded waterborne transportation services that operate between U.S. ports, or between U.S. ports and Canadian ports in the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Seaway system. The overall goal is to promote short sea transportation and increase the use of marine options where freight or passengers are currently moving over congested or costly landside routes. The program is structured to support projects that deliver clear public benefits, such as reducing roadway congestion, lowering emissions and other external costs, improving supply chain resilience, and making more efficient use of the marine transportation network.
This funding notice makes two things clear: first, only sponsors of projects that have already been formally designated under AMHP are eligible to apply for the grant; second, the grants are not intended to reshuffle traffic that is already moving by water from one marine service to another. In other words, MARAD is trying to grow the overall share of cargo or passenger movement that can be shifted from highways or rail to water where it makes sense, rather than subsidizing direct competition between existing marine operators. As a result, a proposal that would directly compete with an existing Marine Highway service is not expected to be considered for award.
A major backdrop for the opportunity is MARAD's regulatory update to AMHP, reflected in revisions to 46 CFR Part 393 that were finalized around late 2017 and amended in early 2018. Those changes implement and align with statutory updates from the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 and the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016, and they also streamline the program's terminology and processes. Among the practical impacts are an expanded purpose statement that explicitly includes promoting short sea shipping, a simplified naming convention that refers to corridors/connectors/crossings as "Routes," and a broader definition of what cargo can qualify. The eligible cargo definition was expanded to include cargo shipped in discrete units or packages handled individually (including palletized or unitized freight) and freight vehicles carried aboard commuter ferry boats. The regulations also added expectations around sponsor reporting (project status updates), broadened eligibility criteria for participating services and Routes, clarified how project designation decisions are made, and reorganized the rules for easier use.
To be competitive, applicants must show the project is financially viable and that there is a real market for the proposed service. The notice emphasizes that MARAD expects evidence such as executed contracts or written statements of intent from potential customers, not just general interest. Applicants also have to demonstrate that federal funds will be used efficiently and effectively, and that the project can become sustainable within a specified and reasonable timeframe. Financial viability is treated as a core selection factor, and the Department of Transportation is directed to prefer projects (or project components) that are most financially viable and that request the lowest federal share.
Cost sharing is a firm requirement. Applicants must provide at least 20 percent of total project costs from non-federal sources, meaning the federal portion cannot exceed 80 percent. Beyond the minimum, the selection preference for a lower federal share effectively rewards applicants who can bring more state, local, port, or private cost participation to the table, especially if that added investment strengthens the project’s path to long-term sustainability.
Eligible applicants are sponsors of DOT-designated Marine Highway Projects. Sponsors are public entities, which can include (but are not limited to) metropolitan planning organizations, state governments and state departments of transportation, and port authorities. Funding for this particular notice is tied to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-31), which provided $5,000,000 for the Short Sea Transportation Program (AMHP). The opportunity is administered by MARAD under CFDA 20.816, listed as a grant instrument, with the posted closing date of March 5, 2018, and an opportunity number of 693JF718R000006. The notice sets the selection criteria and application requirements, with the central theme that funded projects should expand marine transportation in a way that produces measurable public benefits and stands on a credible financial and market foundation.Apply for 693JF718R000006
- The Maritime Administration in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "America's Marine Highway Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.816.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2018-02-05.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-03-05. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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