[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15848]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration


Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA)/Joint Planning 
Advisory Group (JPAG)

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Synopsis of June 9, 1999, meeting with VISA participants.

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    On June 9, 1999, a Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) 
Joint Planning Advisory Group (JPAG) meeting was held via video 
telephonic conference (VTC). The sites connected by the VTC were the 
Military Sealift Command headquarters, Washington, DC, the Military 
Traffic Management Command, Falls Church, Virginia, and the U.S. 
Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
    Meeting attendance was by invitation only, due to the classified 
nature of the information discussed and the requirement for a 
government-issued security clearance. Of the 35 U.S.-flag carrier 
corporate participants enrolled in VISA at the time of the meeting, 12 
cleared carrier representative companies participated in the JPAG VTC. 
In addition, JPAG attendance included representatives from the 
Department of Defense (DoD) and the Maritime Administration (MARAD).
    The purpose of the JPAG was to update VISA participants about 
current and future sealift operations in support of NATO operation 
``Allied Force'' and Balkan region humanitarian support. The meeting 
convened at 9:00 a.m. EDT and adjourned at 10:30 a.m.
    The full text of the VISA program is published in 64 FR 8214-8222, 
dated February 18, 1999. One of the program requirements is that MARAD 
periodically publish a list of VISA participants in the Federal 
Register. As of June 9, 1999, the following commercial U.S.-flag vessel 
operators were enrolled in VISA with MARAD: Alaska Cargo Transport 
Inc., American Auto Carriers, Inc., American Automar, Inc., American 
President Lines, Ltd., American Ship Management, LLC, Central Gulf 
Lines, Inc., Crowley American Transport, Inc., Crowley Marine Services, 
Inc., Dixie Fuels II, Limited, Double Eagle Marine, Inc./Caribe USA, 
Inc., Farrell Lines Incorporated, First American Bulk Carrier Corp., 
Foss Maritime Company, Lykes Line Limited, L.L.C., Lynden Incorporated, 
Maersk Line, Limited, Matson Navigation Company, Inc., Maybank 
Navigation Company, LLC, McAllister Towing & Transportation Company, 
Inc., Moby Marine Corporation, NPR, Inc., OSG Car Carriers, Inc., 
Osprey Shipholding Corporation, L.L.C., Resolve Towing & Salvage, Inc., 
Seacor Marine International Inc., Sealift Inc., Sea-Land Service, Inc., 
Smith Maritime, Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc., Trailer Bridge, 
Inc., Trico Marine Operators, Inc., Troika International, Ltd., Van 
Ommeren Shipping (USA) LLC, Waterman Steamship Corporation, and Weeks 
Marine, Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raymond R. Barberesi, Director, Office 
of Sealift Support, (202) 366-2323.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: June 17, 1999.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-15848 Filed 6-22-99; 8:45 am]
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