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Old 04-24-2008, 11:05 PM   #7
kp2001
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Originally Posted by disgruntledalum
I do not really understand this sailing aboard foreign flag vessels business but i'm pretty sure I read about it last year in some MARAD press statement. Maybe i'm incorrect which is quite possible and I really hope someone step up to let me know this is not the truth.
At first I was going to write that you were incorrect and that this only applied to the LNG jobs; however, I have read over a copy of the letter which can be found here:

https://mscs.marad.dot.gov/USMMA_2008_Oblig_Ltr.pdf

(I think this is the letter that is being referred to)

I am actually very concerned regarding a paragraph at the end in relation to "Seagoing employment on a foreign vessel or as an unlicensed person on a US vessel"

I will be trying to get more information on this as this has very wide ranging implications and I feel does not go along with what is written in the US Code in regards to the USMMA obligation.
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