[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 11616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5655]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration


Secretarial Extension of Authority; Marine War Risk Insurance 
Under Title XII of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936

    On December 12, 2001, President George W. Bush approved the 
provision of vessel war risk insurance by memorandum for the Secretary 
of State and the Secretary of Transportation. The approval was for the 
provision by the Secretary of Transportation of insurance or 
reinsurance of vessels (including cargoes and crew) entering the Middle 
East region against loss or damage by war risks in the manner and to 
the extent approved in Title XII of the Act, 46 U.S.C App.1281, et seq.
    The President delegated to the Secretary of Transportation the 
authority vested in him by section 1202 of the Act, to approve the 
provision of insurance or reinsurance after the expiration of 6 months 
and to bring this approval to the attention of all operators and to 
arrange for its publication in the Federal Register. On August 23, 2002 
the Secretary of Transportation approved the extension of the authority 
to provide such insurance for another 6-month period, to December 12, 
2002.
    On February 9, 2003 the Secretary of Transportation approved an 
extension of the authority to provide such insurance for an additional 
one-year period, through December 12, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Strassburg, Chief, Division of 
Marine Insurance, Maritime Administration, 400 Seventh St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20590, Phone Number (202) 366-4156

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator

    Dated: March 5, 2003.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-5655 Filed 3-10-03; 8:45 am]
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