The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has approved three 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.