[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37729-37730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16178]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement/Joint Planning Advisory
Group Table Top Exercise
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) program
requires a notice of the time, place, and nature of each Joint Planning
Advisory Group (JPAG) meeting be published in the Federal Register. The
full text of the VISA program, including these requirements, is
published in Federal Register/Vol. 79, No. 209, 64462--64470, dated
October 29, 2014.
On June 2-3, 2015, the Maritime Administration and the U.S.
Transportation Command co-hosted the 2015 Voluntary Intermodal Sealift
Agreement Joint Planning Advisory Group Table-Top Exercise at Scott Air
Force Base, Illinois. Participants of the Table Top Exercise (TTX) were
required to possess a secret clearance due to the classified nature of
the meeting and attendance was by invitation only. The Maritime
Administrator invited VISA carriers, Maritime Labor Unions,
Longshoreman Labor and designated U.S. Strategic Seaport personnel. In
addition, representatives from the Department of Transportation, the
Maritime Administration and the Department of Defense (DOD) to include
the Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Transportation Command,
the Military Sealift Command and the Surface Deployment and
Distribution Command attended the meeting.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact William G. Kurfehs,
Acting Director, Office of Sealift Support, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone (202) 366-2318. You may send electronic
mail to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Colonel Martin Chapin, USAF, Deputy
Director, Operations and Planning, U.S. Transportation Command, and Mr.
Kevin Tokarski, Associate Administrator for Strategic Sealift, Maritime
Administration, welcomed the participants. Mr. Tokarski thanked the
industry participants for their continued support and stated he was
pleased with the large number of attendees at the JPAG meeting. He
expressed a hope that the JPAG TTX would serve to prepare all attendee
for what could actually occur during a VISA activation. Col. Chapin
remarked that the classified TTX will focus on VISA participants'
ability to meet DOD requirements for moving contingency cargo from
CONUS Sea Ports of Embarkation to designated OCONUS Ports of
Debarkation. Col. Chapin also stated that the TTX will address mariner
availability to support VISA activation. Further, both gentlemen
requested participants complete a survey at the end of the TTX and
provide recommendations to improve the JPAG.
The purpose of the JPAG TTX was to: (1) Affirm industry's ability
to meet DOD requirements by exposing them to the most demanding DOD
scenario; (2) exercise commercial sealift capacity in relation to
scenario requirements; (3) validate scenario planning assumptions; and
(4) recommend revisions, as appropriate, on how we model specified
scenarios and/or other related planning documents and associated
planning assumptions. The JPAG TTX was considered a success as industry
participants were able to provide capacity and resources to meet DOD
requirements. However, the participants identified specific ``lessons
learned'' that will be addressed to improve the JPAG. The JPAG TTX
participants agreed to work on the lessons learned to assure that they
are adequately addressed for the efficient coordination of VISA
activation procedures.
The following are VISA participants:
A Way To Move, Inc.
American International Shipping, LLC
American Marine Corporation
American President Lines, Ltd.
American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, LLC
APL Marine Services, Ltd.
Argent Marine Operations, Inc.
Beyel Brothers Inc.
Central Gulf Lines, Inc.
Columbia Coastal Transport, LLC
CRC Marine Services, Inc.
Crimson Shipping Co., Inc.
Crowley Puerto Rico Services, Inc.
Crowley Marine Services, Inc.
Curtin Maritime, Corp.
Dann Marine Towing, LC
Farrell Lines Incorporated
Fidelio Limited Partnership
Foss International, Inc.
Foss Maritime Company
Hapag-Lloyd USA, LLC
Horizon Lines, LLC
LA Carriers, LLC
Laborde Marine, L.L.C.
Liberty Global Logistics, LLC
Liberty Shipping Group, LLC
Lockwood Brothers, Inc.
Lynden Incorporated
Maersk Line, Limited
Marine Transport Management
Matson Navigation Company, Inc.
McAllister Towing and Transportation Co., Inc.
McCulley Marine Services, Inc.
Moran Towing Corp.
National Shipping of America, LLC
Northcliffe Ocean Shipping & Trading Company
Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines LLC
Patriot Shipping, L.L.C
Resolve Towing & Salvage, Inc.
Samson Tug & Barge Company, Inc.
Schuyler Line Navigation Company, LLC
Sea Star Line, LLC
SeaTac Marine Services, LLC
Seabridge, Inc.
Sealift Inc.
Smith Maritime, Inc.
Stevens Towing Co., Inc.
Stevens Transportation, LLC
Superior Maritime Services, Inc.
Tactical Shipping, LLC
Teras BBC Ocean Navigation Enterprises Houston, LLC
Totem Ocean Trailer Express
Trailer Bridge, Inc.
TransAtlantic Lines, LLC
Western Towboat Company
Weeks Marine, Inc.
Waterman Steamship Corporation
Young Brothers Limited
Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(l), Pub. L. 111-67.
Dated: June 25, 2015.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-16178 Filed 6-30-15; 8:45 am]
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