MARITECH

MARITECH was a technology development program to improve ship design and construction processes in U.S. shipyards.  It was part of a Presidential initiative to maintain a shipbuilding industrial base for national security by assisting in establishing the U.S. shipbuilding industry as a self-sufficient, internationally competitive industry.

The following MARITECH Projects were administered by the Maritime Administration, Office of Shipyard Revitalization, resulting from MARITECH Broad Agency Announcements. Projects are grouped into four subject areas.

Focused Technology Development Projects:

• Cruise Ship Preliminary Design
• Design of the Virtual Shipyard
• Multipurpose Dry Cargo Ship Design/Process Development
• Internationally Competitive High-Technology Tanker Vessels
• Commercial Ship Design Projects and a Shipbuilding Technology Project at NASSCO (4 MARITECH Projects)
• Double Hull Product Carrier Designs
• Medium Sized Multi-Purpose Ship
• 23,000 Ton Container/Bulk Carrier
• Commercialization of Low-Wake, High Speed "E-CAT" Technology

Process and Product Improvement Technology Projects:

• Design of the Stern Factory
• Integrated Shipboard Information Technology (ISIT) Platform
• Vessel Optimization and Safety System (VOSS)
• SMARTBRIDGE (Integrated Bridge System)
• Advanced International Fast Ferry Designs and Shipbuilding Technology (2 MARITECH Projects)
• TRP Project entitled "Portable Shipbuilding Robotics" and a MARITECH Project entitled "Automated Welding of Structural Erection Joints"
• Full Scale Test of the American Underpressure System (AUPS)
• Composite Ship Superstructure

Near-Term Technology Applications Projects:

• Simulated Based Design as an Environment for the Concept and Contract Design Using Integrated Product and Process Development (Virtual Product and Process Modeling)
• International Competitive Fast Ferries and Composite Ship Technology
• High Technology Ship with Shallow and Variable Draft and Self Loading/Unloading Features
• Support for Shipbuilding Industry Standards
• Competitive High Speed Vessels for International Markets
• Reefer 21
• Multi-Mission Cargo Ship
• Large Fast Ferry Technology Development

Advanced Technology Demonstration Projects:

• Ship Life Cycle Support Infrastructure (SLCSI) Project
• Advanced Technology Projects to Support Process and Product Improvements at Alabama Shipyard (4 MARITECH Projects)
• Organization of Work in a Second Tier Shipyard