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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket S-915]

 

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Ltd.; Notice of Application for Waiver 
of Section 804(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as Amended

    By application of November 21, 1994, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., 
Inc. (Lykes) requests a waiver of the provisions of section 804 of the 
Act so as to permit it to time charter up to four 2,400 TEU 
containerships under foreign registry in the trade between ports on the 
U.S. gulf and east coast and north Europe.
    The vessels for which a waiver is sought are now under construction 
in a German shipyard for a U.S. documentation citizen owner. The first 
vessel is scheduled for delivery in March 1995 with the remaining 
vessels to be delivered at three month intervals thereafter. Lykes has 
committed to time charter these vessels on a long term basis.
    The likely itinerary of the vessels according to Lykes will be 
Galveston, New Orleans, Miami, Charleston, Norfolk, New York, Boston, 
Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Felixstowe, and LeHavre.
    For quite some time now, Lykes notes that it, just as other 
subsidized carriers, has been unable to acquire modern efficient 
subsidy eligible tonnage at world prices. Lykes contends that it is 
essential for Lykes to upgrade the fleet of vessels available to it in 
order to maintain its competitive position in the trade and to meet the 
needs of its customer base.
    Lykes concludes that failure to grant this application would 
deprive it of the use of these modern vessels and the revenue they will 
generate.
    This application may be inspected in the Office of the Secretary, 
Maritime Administration. Any person, firm, or corporation having any 
interest in such request within the meaning of section 804 of the Act 
and desiring to submit comments concerning the application must file 
written comments in triplicate with the Secretary, Maritime 
Administration, Room 7210, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., 
Washington, D.C. 20590. Comments must be received no later than 5:00 
p.m. on December 19, 1994. This notice is published as a matter of 
discretion and publication should in no way be considered a favorable 
or unfavorable decision on the application, as filed or as may be 
amended. The Maritime Administrator will consider any comments 
submitted and take such action with respect thereto as may be deemed 
appropriate.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 20.804) 
(Operating-Differential Subsidies)).

    Dated: November 30, 1994.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-29827 Filed 12-2-94; 8:45 am]
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