Decision No. 716-W-2005

APPLICATION by J.B. Ellis & Co. Ltd., on behalf of Alaska Marine Lines, Inc., pursuant to the Coasting Trade Act, S.C., 1992, c. 31, for a licence to use American tugs and barges: "TONGASS PROVIDER", "quot;, ", "quot;CHICAGOF PROVIDER", "quot;, ", "quot;CHATHAM PROVIDER", "quot;, ", "quot;TAKU PROVIDER", "quot;, ", "quot;SOUTHEAST PROVIDER", "quot;, ", "quot;STIKINE PROVIDER", "quot;, ", "quot;SITKA PROVIDER", "quot;, ", "quot;WESTERN NAVIGATOR", "quot;, ", "quot;OCEAN RANGER", "quot;, ", "quot;WESTERN TITAN" and "PACIFIC TITAN", to provide weekly water bridge services between Seattle, Washington, and Wrangell, Juneau, Haines and Skagway, Alaska, to transport goods originating in Vancouver, British Columbia and destined to various points in Northern British Columbia, the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, during the period commencing on January 1, 2006 and ending December 31, 2006.