[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 20042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10036]


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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 April 3, 2003 meeting with VISA participants.

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    The VISA program requires that a notice of the time, place, and 
nature of each JPAG meeting be published in the Federal Register. The 
program also requires that a list of VISA participants be periodically 
published in the Federal Register. The full text of the VISA program, 
including these requirements, is published in 68 FR 8800-8808, dated 
February 25, 2003.
    On April 3, 2003, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the U.S. 
Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) co-hosted a meeting of the VISA 
JPAG at Ft. Eustis, Virginia.
    Meeting attendance was by invitation only, due to the nature of the 
information discussed and the need for a government-issued security 
clearance. Of the 52 U.S.-flag carrier corporate participants enrolled 
in the VISA program at the time of the meeting, 19 companies 
participated in the meeting. In addition, representatives from the 
Maritime Administration (MARAD), the Department of Defense, and 
maritime labor attended the meeting.
    MG Ann E. Dunwoody opened the meeting with a welcome to all 
attendees. She was followed by LtGen Gary Hughey, the USTRANSCOM Deputy 
Commander, and Captain William G. Schubert, Maritime Administrator, who 
provided participants with an overview of the meeting. The JPAG meeting 
included updates on: (1) Current operations; (2) sustainment 
operations; (3) redeployment operations; and (4) CBR-D training.
    As of April 1, 2003, the following commercial U.S.-flag vessel 
operators were enrolled in the VISA program with MARAD: America Cargo 
Transport, Inc.; American Automar, Inc.; American International Car 
Carrier, Inc.; American President Lines, Ltd.; American Roll-On Roll-
Off Carrier, LLC; American Ship Management, L.L.C.; Bay Towing 
Corporation; Beyel Brothers Inc.; Central Gulf Lines, Inc.; Coastal 
Transportation, Inc.; Columbia Coastal Transport, LLC; Crowley Liner 
Services, Inc.; Crowley Marine Services, Inc.; Delta Towing; 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; Horizon Lines, LLC, Foss Maritime 
Company; 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; Odyssea Shipping Line LLC; OSG Car Carriers, Inc.; Patriot 
Shipping, L.L.C.; RR &VO L.L.C.; Resolve Towing & Salvage, Inc.; Samson 
Tug & Barge Company, Inc.; Sea Star Line, LLC; SeaTac Marine Services, 
LLC; Sealift Inc.; Signet Maritime Corporation; STEA Corporation; 
Superior Marine Services, Inc.; TECO Ocean Shipping; Totem Ocean 
Trailer Express, Inc.; Trailer Bridge, Inc.; TransAtlantic Lines LLC; 
Troika International, Ltd.; U.S. Ship Management, Inc.; Van Ommeren 
Shipping (USA) LLC; Waterman Steamship Corporation; and Weeks Marine, 
Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Taylor E. Jones II, Director, 
Office of Sealift Support, (202) 366-2323.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: April 18, 2003.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-10036 Filed 4-22-03; 8:45 am]
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