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Maritime and Admiralty
May 2009
Reflagging a Vessel for Military Use—Is the Cargo Preference Act Toothless?
Charlie Papavizas
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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