[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 10142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4440]



-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket S-918]


American President Lines, Ltd.; Notice of Application for a 
Waiver of Section 804(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, 
To Permit Foreign-Flag Slot Charters

    American President Lines, Ltd. (APL), by application dated February 
10, 1995, requests waiver of the provisions of section 804 of the 
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, (Act), for foreign-flag slot 
charters by APL on vessels of Orient Overseas Container Line Inc. 
(OOCL) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) pursuant to APL's 
participation in a reciprocal slot exchange and coordinated sailing 
agreement, designated Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) No. 203-011468, 
and in a Master Slot Charger Agreement, both among APL, OOCL, and MOL.
    APL is currently a party to a reciprocal slot exchange and 
coordinated sailing agreement, designated FMC No. 203-011340 (AO-SEA) 
and a Master Slot Charter Agreement, both between APL and OOCL. APL has 
been operating under those agreements since originally granted a 
section 804 waiver September 27, 1991.
    The new agreements which are the subject of the current application 
would replace the AO-SEA agreements. The replacement agreement, the 
APL/MOL/OOCL Asia-Pacific Alliance Agreement (A-PAC Agreement) and the 
Master Slot Charter Agreement (MSCA) are substantially similar to the 
AO-SEA agreements, and are, in effect, a continuation of the AO-SEA 
agreements, with the addition of one new partner--MOL--and an increase 
in the number of line haul strings from five to six.
    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 March 8, 1995. 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)).

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: February 17, 1995.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-4440 Filed 2-22-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-81-P