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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
[Docket No. 93-19]

 

Cancellation of Tariffs for Failure To Comply With Automated 
Tariff Filing and Information System (``ATFI'') Filing Requirements

    By Order published in the Federal Register (58 FR 50550) on 
September 28, 1993 (``September Order''), the Commission directed 103 
carriers with tariffs on file in the Worldwide, Asian and South Pacific 
trade areas to show cause by November 12, 1993, why their paper tariffs 
should not be cancelled for failure to register and file a tariff in 
ATFI by the required date (i.e., June 4, 1993). This action was taken 
pursuant to section 8 of the Shipping Act of 1984 (U.S.C. app. 1707), 
the Commission's regulations implementing ATFI at 46 CFR part 514 and 
Supplemental Report Nos. 2, 3 and 4\1\ issued in Docket No. 90-23, 
Notice of Inquiry on Ocean Freight Tariffs in Foreign and Domestic 
Offshore Commerce (Automated Tariff Filing and Information System).
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    \1\Supplemental Report No. 2, served August 4, 1992, 
Supplemental Report No. 3 (57 FR 59999) and Supplemental Report No. 
4 (58 FR 31522) advised the public that failure to convert tariffs 
to ATFI format by scheduled filing dates would subject entities to 
show cause proceedings for cancellation of tariffs.
    Sec. 502(b)(1) of Public Law 102-582 (``Pub. L. 102-582'') 
requires all tariffs and essential terms of service contracts filed 
with the Commission to be in electronic format.
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    World Tariff Services, Inc. (``WTS''), filed the only formal 
response to the September Order. It did so on behalf of 26 carriers 
named in the Order.\2\ Other carriers contacted the Commission 
informally by letter or telephone or filed their tariff in ATFI. The 
Commission did not receive any response whatsoever from 42 of the 
respondents.
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    \2\ACB Ocean Line, Inc.; Alcar International Inc.; Aston 
International, Inc.; Breakbulk & Consolidation Services Pte Ltd.; 
Combitainer Ltd.; Enko International Ltd.; Fashion Distribution 
Services, Inc.; Firstair, Inc.; Freight International Services, 
Ltd.; International Cargo Express, Ltd.; Master Air Cargo, Inc.; 
United Cargo Link Italia Srl; Vantage International Forwarding Ltd.; 
W S A Lines Ltd.; American Freight Lines Ltd.; Amership, Inc.; LEP 
Freightways International Limited; Polar Steamship and Commerce 
Company Inc.; Pro-Service Forwarding, Co., Inc.; Sea Lanes Line 
Inc.; Americargo Lines, Inc.; Crystal Freight Services (HK) Ltd.; 
POL-Express, Inc.; DJ International Freight Services, Inc.; Tigris 
International Corp.; and United Transport Associates Inc.
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    WTS states that 14 of the carriers named in its response have 
satisfied the Commission's requirements and filed an ATFI tariff, that 
three carriers have ceased doing business and have voluntarily 
cancelled their tariffs, and that nine other carriers either have 
completed the ATFI registration process, are in the process of doing 
so, or recently submitted the necessary information to WTS so that it 
may initiate ATFI registration. Two of those carriers have in fact 
completed the registration process and filed an ATFI tariff.
    The 42 carriers that did not respond to the September Order and 
have not registered in ATFI or filed an ATFI tariff will have their 
tariffs or portions of tariffs currently on file with the Commission 
with Worldwide, Asian or South Pacific scopes cancelled. Twenty-five 
carriers responded and/or registered for ATFI, but did not file the 
required tariff. These carriers, which include seven of WTS's clients, 
have not provided sufficient grounds to justify their failure to file. 
Accordingly, these carriers also will have their tariffs or applicable 
portions of their tariffs cancelled. Carriers who have filed their 
tariffs in ATFI will be dismissed from the proceeding.
    Therefore, it is ordered, That the tariffs or portions of tariffs 
currently on file with the Commission with Worldwide, Asian or South 
Pacific scope of the carriers identified in Appendix A to this Order 
are cancelled effective upon publication of the Order in the Federal 
Register.
    It is further ordered, That the parties listed in Appendix B to 
this Order are dismissed from this proceeding.

    By the Commission.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.

Appendix A

Air Sea Shipping, Inc.
Air-Mar Shipping, Inc.
Amadeus Transport, Inc.
America Niugini Shipping Co., Inc.
American Consolidated Container Line, Inc.
American Freight Lines, Ltd.
Americargo Lines, Inc.
Astro Air Express, Inc.
Aust-Asia Worldwide Shipping Pty. Ltd.
Australian Freight Services Ltd.\1\
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    \1\This firm changed its name from McIlwaraith McEacharn 
Operations Limited.
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Blue Horizon
Cargamericas Forwarding Services, Inc.
Cheung, Daniel H.
Clipper Shipping Lines Ltd.
CMB Transport NV
Compass International Forwarding, Inc.
Costa Rica Shipping Co. Inc.
Crusader Swire Container Service Limited
Crystal Freight Services (HK) Ltd.
Daher M.T.S. Multimodal Transport System
El Caribe Moving Van, Inc.
Fargo Shipping Co. Ltd.
Four Points Shipping & Trading, Inc.
Freight Management Pte Ltd.
Hudson Container Line Ltd.
Interport Freight Systems, Inc.
Jetstream Freight Services International, Inc.
Jumbo Protectors Ltd.
Laser Freight Systems, Inc.
LCI Shipholdings, Inc.
LEP Freightways International Limited
Marimed Shipping Company Limited
Martin Bencher (U.K.) Ltd.
Myanmar Container Line
N.V. Sealift S.A.
Nichiro Corp.
Oceanbridge Shipping Ltd.
Overseas International Corporation
PBX Overseas Transport
Pearcy Marine, Inc.
Pearl Delta Shipping Co., Ltd.
Pentrans, Inc.
Polar Steamship and Commerce Company Inc.
Polish Travel Center\2\
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    \2\This firm changed its name from Pol-Express, Inc.
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Pro-Service Forwarding Co., Inc.
R.C.T. Cargo Transport, Inc.
Rainbow Navigation, Inc.
Red Oak Industries, Inc.
Ren International Services, Inc.
Right-O-Way Ocean Transport International, Inc.
Rokuchu Marine Corporation
S.A. LD Seals N.V.
S.A. Louis Dreyfus Et Cie
Sanwa Sempaku Kabushiki Kaisha
Seaboard Trading and Shipping
Seacor Ocean Lines Inc.
Seafreight Container Line, Inc.
Sealift Services International Inc.
Shenk, David W.
Teeters Brothers Contracting Co.
Totalocean Line, Inc.
U.S. Trans-Link Inc.
UCB Freight Services (USA) Inc.
Van-Pax Global Consolidators, Inc.
Westwind Africa Line Limited
World Bridge Project Carriers, Ltd.
World Commerce Forwarding, Inc.

Appendix B

ACB Ocean Line, Inc.
Airport Brokers Corporation
Alcar International Inc.
Alliance Maritime Line, Inc.
Amership, Inc.
Aston International, Inc.
Breakbulk & Consolidation Services PTE Ltd.
China Navigation Co., Ltd., The
Combitainer Ltd.
Diamond Shipping Company
DJ International Freight Services Inc.
Eastar U.S.A. Inc.
ENKO International Ltd.
Fashion Distribution Services, Inc.
Firstair, Inc.
Freight International Services, Ltd.
International Cargo Express, Ltd.
Irish Warehousing & Transport Company, Ltd.
Master Air Cargo, Inc.
Multiforwarding Belgium N.V.
Rex Air & Ocean Freight, Inc.
Scan-Shipping, Inc.
Sea Lanes Line Inc.
Sealift Inc.
Simtex Ocean Services, Inc.
Skyway Systems
Societe Nationale Malgache De Transports Maritimes
Stalwart Shipping, Inc.
Tigris International Corp.
Trans America International Services, Inc.
Transport Systems Worldwide, Inc.
U.S. Express Inc.
United Cargo Link Italia SRL
United Transport Associates, Inc.
Vantage International Forwarding Ltd.
W S A Lines Ltd.

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