[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 126 (Friday, June 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 34320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: X95-10630]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket S-921]


Matson Navigation Company, Inc.; Notice of Application for 
Written Consent Pursuant to Section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936, as amended, for the Transfer of the President Hoover, President 
Grant, and President Tyler to the Domestic Trade

    Notice is hereby given that Matson Navigation Company, Inc. 
(Matson), by letter of June 19, 1995, requests a waiver of the 
provisions of section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended 
(Act), so as to permit Matson to operate in exclusively domestic 
service during the year commencing December 1, 1995, the U.S.-Flag C-8 
containerships the President Hoover, President Grant, and President 
Tyler (Vessels) not to exceed six months, with respect to each vessel, 
during that year period. The Vessels were built in the United States 
with the aid of construction-differential subsidy (CDS), and are 
currently owned by American President Lines, Ltd. (APL). Matson intends 
to purchase the Vessel from APL.
    Matson states that it intends to use the C-8S both in its 
Transpacific Alliance (Alliance) service, as well as in its Pacific 
Coast Shuttle (PCS) service, where they will engage on voyages among 
Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada; Seattle, Washington; Los Angeles 
and Oakland, California. The itinerary of the Alliance service vessels 
westbound will involve departures from California ports with calls at 
Honolulu and Guam outbound before arrival as Asian ports. The outbound 
calls at Hawaii and Guam are specifically permitted under section 506 
of the Act. Matson explains that due to operational exigencies involved 
in the start-up of the Alliance service, it is likely that the Vessels 
will have to be used interchangeably among the Alliance and PCS 
services for an indefinite period. However, Matson indicates that only 
two of the Vessels will be used in the PCS service at any time. 
Acquisition of the C-8s will mean that the PCS can be expanded to a 
twice weekly service, and that Oakland, CA can be added as port of 
call.
    Any person, firm, or corporation having any interest in the 
application for section 506 consent and desiring to submit comments 
concerning Matson's request must by 5;00 p.m. on July 17, 1995, file 
written comments in triplicate, to the Secretary, Maritime 
Administration, Room 7210, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, D.C. 20590. The Maritime Administration, as a matter of 
discretion, will consider any comments submitted and take such action 
as may be deemed appropriate.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 20.800 
Construction-Differential Subsidies (CDS)).

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: June 27, 1995.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.