Maersk Line to replace 9 MSP vessels

4/7/2009 10:03:18 AM

The U.S. Maritime Administration on announced that Maersk Line Ltd., a U.S.-flag vessel operator, is in the process of replacing nine of its containerships enrolled in the Maritime Security Program.   MarAd manages MSP, which provides the government with militarily useful, U.S.-flag cargo ships during times of war and national emergency.   The nine Maersk vessels leaving MSP are the Sea-Land Pride, Sea-Land Atlantic, Sea-Land Motivator, Sea-Land Commitment, Sea-Land Florida, Sea-Land Achiever, Sea-Land Performance, Sea-Land Quality and Maersk Arizona. MarAd said Maersk expects to reflag all of these vessels to foreign registry in the next few months.   The ships replacing them are the Sea-Land Champion, Maersk Utah, Sea-Land Eagle, Sea-Land Mercury, Maersk Wisconsin, Maersk Wyoming, Sea-Land Racer, Maersk Kentucky and Maersk Idaho. Those ships will be reflagged into the U.S. fleet, MarAd said.   American Shipper

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