Foreign Fun Boat Sails U.S. Coasts? Bureaucrats Decide!
Published Date: 9/2/2025
Notice
Summary
MARAD is checking if a foreign-built small passenger boat called M/V DAY TRIPPER can be used for U.S. coastal trips carrying up to 12 passengers. They want to hear from people who might be affected, like U.S. boat builders and businesses using American-made vessels, before making a decision. This is your chance to weigh in and help shape the future of local boat trade!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Review of foreign-built dayboat for coastwise use
MARAD is reviewing a request to allow the foreign-built vessel M/V DAY TRIPPER to operate in U.S. coastwise trade carrying no more than twelve passengers for hire. The agency will decide whether that use would have an adverse effect on U.S. vessel builders or U.S. coastwise trade businesses that use U.S.-built vessels.
Stakeholder comment opportunity before decision
MARAD is soliciting public comments from people who might be affected—such as U.S. boat builders and businesses that use U.S.-built vessels—before making its coastwise-use determination for the M/V DAY TRIPPER. This notice is an explicit opportunity for stakeholders to provide information that MARAD will use in its decision.
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