Notice to the Trade

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

On November 13, 2009, Liberty Maritime Corporation appealed the Maritime Administration’s decision of November 3, 2009 with respect to the vessel designations for the M/V LIBERTY GLORY, M/V LIBERTY GRACE and M//V LIBERTY  EAGLE.  Liberty’s appeal is a consolidated appeal of all three decisions in dockets MARAD 2009-0094, MARAD 2009-0095, and MARAD 2009-0096, available at http://www.regulations.gov, and is taken pursuant to the Interagency Memorandum of Understanding dated September 4, 2009, and published in the Federal Register on September 15, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 47308).

This notice is to advise those parties who submitted written comments on Liberty’s self-designations in the above-referenced dockets (Sealift, Inc., Maersk Line, Limited, and American President Lines, Ltd.) that they may comment on the matters raised in Liberty’s consolidated appeal.  Any such comments must be electronically submitted to the appropriate docket and to the Secretary of the Maritime Administration by 5 PM EDT on November 23, 2009 and to cargo.marad@dot.gov.  Liberty may electronically submit a reply to any such comments to the appropriate docket and to the Secretary of the Maritime Administration by 5 PM EDT on November 27, 2009. ______________________________________________________________________________________________

Supplemental Guidance

The documents listed below provide Supplemental Guidance to shippers and carriers of Government-impelled cargoes.

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