[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 167 (Monday, August 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 47228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22574]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-1999-6171]


Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Vessels; Notice of Application for 
Approval Under Section 9 Of the Shipping Act, 1916, as Amended, to 
Transfer Registry of the U.S.-Flag LNG Vessels LNG: Aquarius, Aries, 
Capricorn, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Virgo, and Taurus to the Marshall 
Islands

    Wilmington Trust Company and United States Trust Company of New 
York, as Owner Trustees, Hull Fifty Corporation, Patriot I Shipping 
Corp., Patriot II Shipping Corp., and Patriot IV Shipping Corp. by 
applications submitted January 20 and August 20, 1999, request the 
approval required by Section 9 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended 
(Act), of the transfer to foreign registry of the LNG Aquarius, LNG 
Aries, LNG Capricorn, LNG Taurus, LNG Libra, LNG Gemini, LNG Leo, and 
LNG Virgo (Vessels). The Vessels, delivered between 1977 and 1979 in 
Quincy, Massachusetts, are 71,466 DWT liquefied natural gas carriers. 
The Vessels have been engaged in the carriage of LNG for Pertamina, the 
Indonesian State oil company, from Indonesia to Japan since their 
delivery, and it is expected that hey will continue to operate 
exclusively between foreign ports in the future. The proposed transfer 
of registry to the Marshall Islands does not include any change in 
ownership of the Vessels.
    Any person, firm, or corporation having any interest in these 
applications for approval of the reflagging of the Vessels, and who 
desires to submit comments concerning the applications, should refer to 
the docket number that appears on this notice and submit their comments 
in triplicate to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, 
Nassif Building, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20590. Comments may also be submitted by electronic 
means via the Internet at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit/. Comments must 
be received no later than 5 P.M. Eastern Time September 14, 1999.
    This notice is published as a matter of discretion. The Maritime 
Administrator will consider any comments submitted and take such action 
with respect thereto as may be deemed appropriate.
    The application and all comments received will be available for 
examination at the above address between 10 A.M. and 5 P.M., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays. An electronic version of this 
document is available at the World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: August 26, 1999.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-22574 Filed 8-27-99; 8:45 am]
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