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                             August 14, 2002


VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549

      Re:	International Shipholding Corporation
            Certification of Contents of Form 10-Q for the period ending
            June 30, 2002, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
            of 2002

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      International Shipholding Corporation (the "Company") filed today, via
EDGAR, its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002.
The undersigned, who is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certifies
that the Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and that the information
contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company for the period
covered by such report.

      This certification is being furnished solely to comply with the
requirements of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-
204, and is not being filed as a part of, or as an exhibit to, the Form 10-Q,
or as a separate disclosure document.

						Very truly yours,



                                    ________/s/ Gary L. Ferguson________
							Gary L. Ferguson
							Vice President and Chief Financial
                                           Officer