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| Reflagging a Vessel for Military Use—Is the Cargo Preference Act Toothless? |
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Charlie Papavizas
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Reproduced by Winston & Strawn LLP with the permission of LexisNexis from Benedict’s Maritime Bulletin. Copyright 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
The Military Sealift Command, a component of the U.S. Navy, routinely charters U.S.-flag vessels recently re-flagged from abroad. Since 1993, the Cargo Preference Act of 1904 has required that all reflagging or repair work to such vessels be done in the United States. |
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