MarAd opens VISA enrollment

MarAd opens VISA enrollment The U.S. Maritime Administration has opened enrollment to the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) program for the Defense Department contracting period of Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 2006.
   The purpose of VISA is to provide the military with access to U.S.-flag commercial sealift and intermodal shipping systems to meet wartime or national emergency needs. The program provides for the staged, time-phased availability to these assets when required by the military.
   The program is managed by the Maritime Administration and U.S. Transportation Command.
   For more information and applications, contact Frances M. Olsen, deputy director for MarAd’s Office of Sealift Support, at (202) 366-2260.