U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
400 7th Street, SW
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
Washington, DC 20590
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PRESS BOOK
March 5, 2004
Page 1 of 1
B04-002
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has approved two applications under section 9 of
the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended. They include:
- K-Sea Operating Partners L.P. of Staten Island, NY, has received approval to sell and
transfer to Candian registry and flag of the tank barge KTC -135. The purchaser is McKeil
Work Boats Ltd., a Canadian Corporation.
The 18,850-dwt. vessel was built in 1969 in Port Arthur, TX.
- Horizon Lines, LLC of Charlotte, NC, also has received permission to sell the
containership HORIZON MAYAGUEZ to Eckhardt Marine GmbH, a Republic of Germany Corporation,
for scrapping in China.
The vessel was built in 1982 in New Orleans, LA.
- U .S. Global Mariner, L.P., of Morristown, NJ, has received approval to
sell and transfer to Korean registry and flag the 13,201-cable ship GLOBAL MARINER to KT
Submarine, a Korean corporation.
The vessel was built in 1991 in Singapore.