MarAd Use of Foreign Anchor Handling Vessels in

MarAd Use of Foreign Anchor Handling Vessels in Alaska

Monday, March 31, 2008

The US Maritime Administration (MarAd) issued a notice stating that it received a request to utilize foreign-flag anchor handling vessels with a minimum ice class A3 in US waters of the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea adjacent to Alaska through December 31, 2009. Nominations of US-flag anchor handling vessels ice class A3 or above available for this work must be submitted by April 30.

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