1.   Had the inspector general found significant problems with the deal, he would have given the federally run maritime agency easy grounds for denying the financing.

2.   In the coming year, the Coast Guard, and other maritime agencies, will begin keeping closer tabs on cargo that passes through ports.

3.   Japan promised to resolve the dispute months ago, prompting the maritime agency to delay the fines from April until September, the U.S. said.

4.   Japan promised to resolve the dispute months ago, prompting the maritime agency to postpone the fines from April until September.

5.   Massachusetts officials decided that the law had to be changed to give the maritime agency explicit powers to help defunct shipyards.

6.   McCain has publicly warned the maritime agency not to put taxpayer money unduly at risk at Fore River.

7.   Moreover, the maritime agency resolved one major outstanding issue Monday.

8.   The maritime agency must still approve the loan, something officials there said they could not even consider without the change in law.

9.   The maritime agency is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

10.   Though a national maritime agency exists, regulation of routes and vessels by the Haitian government is virtually nonexistent.