[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 194 (Friday, October 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51092-51093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24973]


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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 September 19, 2001 meeting with VISA participants.

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    On September 19, 2001, 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, Alexandria, 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 53 U.S.-flag carrier 
corporate participants enrolled in VISA at the time of the meeting, 17 
cleared carrier representative companies participated in the JPAG VTC. 
In addition, JPAG attendance included representatives from the 
Department of Defense and the Maritime Administration (MARAD).
    The purpose of the JPAG was to update VISA participants about 
sealift operations in response to the terrorist attacks of September 
11, 2001. The meeting convened at 2:00 p.m. EDT and adjourned at 3:30 
p.m.
    The full text of the VISA program is published in 66 FR 10938-
10947, dated February 20, 2001. One of the program requirements is that 
MARAD periodically publish a list of VISA participants in the Federal 
Register. As of September 19, 2001, the following commercial U.S.-flag 
vessel operators were enrolled in VISA with MARAD: Alaska Cargo 
Transport, Inc., American Automar, Inc., American President Lines, 
Ltd., American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, LLC, American Ship Management, 
L.L.C., Automar International Car Carrier, Inc., Beyel Brothers Inc., 
Caribe USA, Inc., Central Gulf Lines, Inc., Cook Inlet Marine, Crowley 
Liner Services, Inc., Crowley Marine Services, Inc., CSX Lines, LLC, E-
Ships, Inc., Farrell Lines Incorporated, First American Bulk Carrier 
Corp., First Ocean Bulk Carrier-I, LLC, First Ocean Bulk Carrier-II, 
LLC, First Ocean Bulk Carrier-III, LLC, Foss Maritime Company, Gimrock 
Maritime, Inc., Liberty Shipping Group Limited Partnership, Lockwood 
Brothers, Inc., Lykes Lines Limited, LLC, Lynden Incorporated, Maersk 
Line, Limited, Matson Navigation Company, Inc., Maybank Navigation 
Company, LLC, McAllister Towing and Transportation Co., Inc., Moby 
Marine Corporation, NPR, Inc., Ocean Marine Shipping, Inc., Odyssea 
Shipping Line, LLC, OSG Car Carriers, Inc., Resolve Towing & Salvage, 
Inc., Samson Tug & Barge Company, Inc., Sea Star Line, LLC, Seacor 
Marine International Inc., Sealift Inc., Signet Maritime Corporation, 
Smith Maritime, STEA Corporation, Stevens Towing Co., Superior Marine 
Services, Inc., Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc., Trailer Bridge, 
Inc., TransAtlantic Lines LLC, Trico Marine Operators, Inc., Troika 
International, Ltd., U.S. Ship Management, Inc., Van Ommeren Shipping 
(USA) LLC,

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Waterman Steamship Corporation, and Weeks Marine, Inc.

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Mr. William F. Trost, Acting 
Director, Office of Sealift Support, (202) 366-2323.

    By order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: October 1, 2001.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-24973 Filed 10-4-01; 8:45 am]
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