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Agency Maritime Administration Acronym MARAD Hierarchy Department of Transportation. Docs Reports URL http://www.marad.dot.gov/ Notes Promotes the development and maintenance of an adequate, well-balanced, United States merchant marine, sufficient to carry the Nation's domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion of its waterborne foreign commerce, and capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency. Subjects COMMERCE OCEANS WARFARE