B03-038

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) today published a notice in the Federal Register inviting public comments on seven separate waiver applications under MARAD's Small Passenger Vessel Waiver Program. The following are the foreign-built, or vessels with lost documentation, that have applied to carry 12-passengers or less in the domestic trade:

YES DEAR! II	Docket Number: MARAD 2003-15214
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER	Docket Number: MARAD 2003-15215
SURPRISE	Docket Number: MARAD 2003 15216
ARC TIME	Docket Number: MARAD 2003 15218
LA LUNA	Docket Number: MARAD 2003 15219
KEY PLAYER	Docket Number: MARAD 2003 15220
ISLAND TIME	Docket Number: MARAD 2003 15221

MARAD has the authority to issue a waiver of the U.S.-build requirements of the coastwise trade laws under certain circumstances as provided by P.L. 105-383 as amended.

Written comments referencing the above-mentioned dockets, respectively, may be submitted to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, Department of Transportation, 400 7^th St., SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001 by 5:00 p.m. June 23, 2003. Comments may be submitted electronically via the Internet at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. All comments are available for review between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. Electronic versions of these documents are available on the World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.

For further information contact Michael Hokana, U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, MAR-830, Room 7201, 400 - 7^th St., SW, Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 366-0760.

B03-039

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has approved three applications under section 9 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended. They include:

• C. S. Long Lines L. P., Baltimore, MD, has received approval to sell the 11,326-gross-ton cable ship LONG LINES to Sea Lion Marine Ltd., a St. Vincent and The Grenadines corporation, for resale to Priyank Shipbreaking Co., Pvt. Ltd., an Indian corporation, for scrapping in India.

The vessel was built in 1963 in Hamburg, Germany.

• Juanita & Ashley, L. L. C., Des Allenmands. LA has received approval to transfer the

1,893-gross-ton offshore supply vessels ASHLEY CANDIES and JUANITA CANDIES to Mexican registry and flag.

The vessels were built in 1999 in Mobile, AL.

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The mission of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) is to promote the development and maintenance of an adequate, well-balanced United States merchant marine, sufficient to carry the Nation's domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion of its waterborne foreign commerce, and capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency. MARAD also seeks to ensure that the United States enjoys adequate shipbuilding and repair services, efficient ports, effective intermodal water and land transportation systems, and reserve shipping capacity in time of national emergency.

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