[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1934-1935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-918]



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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION


Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

    The Federal Maritime Commission hereby gives notice of the filing 
of the following agreement(s) pursuant to section 5 of the Shipping Act 
of 1984.
    Interested parties may inspect and obtain a copy of each agreement 
at the Washington, D.C. Office of the Federal Maritime Commission, 800 
North Capitol Street, N.W., 9th Floor. Interested parties may submit 
comments on each agreement to the Secretary, Federal Maritime 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20573, within 10 days after the date of 
the Federal Register in which this notice appears. The requirements for 
comments are found in section 572.603 of Title 46 the Code of Federal 
Regulations. Interested persons should consult this section before 
communicating with the Commission regarding a pending agreement.
    Agreement No.: 202-009831-016.
    Title: New Zealand/United States Containerline Association.
    Parties:

    Australia-New Zealand Direct Line
    Blue Star (North America) Ltd.
    Columbus Line

    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement revises Article 5.2 to provide 
that the parties have the authority under the Agreement to charter 
space to and from each other. The Agreement also modifies the voting 
procedures with respect to service contracts and time-volume rates.

    Agreement No.: 207-011280-001.
    Title: Star West Joint Service Agreement.
    Parties:

    Blue Star Line, Ltd.
    Overseas Freezer Operations GmbH

    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement expands the geographic scope of 
the Agreement to include ports in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. 
The parties have requested a shortened review period.

    Agreement No.: 202-011497-001.
    Title: Australia/United States Containerline Association.
    Parties:

    Australia-New Zealand Direct Line
    Blue Star (North America) Ltd.
    Columbus Line

    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement revises Article 5.2 to provide 
that the parties have the authority under the Agreement to charter 
space to and from each other. The Agreement also modifies the voting 
procedures with respect to service contracts and time-volume rates.

    Agreement No.: 203-011467-001.
    Title: APL/MOL/NLL/OOCL Asia Atlantic Alliance Agreement.
    Parties:
    American President Lines, Ltd.
    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
    Nedlloyd Lines B.V.
    Orient Overseas Container Line, Inc.

    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement revises the geographic scope of 
the Agreement to include the countries of Indonesia and the Philippines 
in the definition of the ``Far East''. It also clarifies that the 
Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands will be served by feeder service.

    Agreement No.: 203-011523.
    Title: Wallenius Lines/HUAL Space Charter Agreement.
    Parties:
    Wallenius Lines AB.
    Hoegh Ugland Auto Liners A/S

    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement authorizes the parties to agree 
upon the terms and conditions by which the parties may charter space to 
each other on vessels operated by each of them in the trade from United 
States Atlantic Coast ports and points served via those ports, on the 
one hand, to ports in Europe, the United Kingdom and the Republic of 
Ireland and points served via those ports, on the other hand. The 
parties may also, but are not required to, discuss and agree upon 
rates, rules, and conditions of service in the trade but are not 
required to adhere to any such agreed matters except on a voluntary 
basis.

    Agreement No.: 203-011524.
    Title: Star/Seatrade Cooperative Working Agreement.
    Parties:
    Star West Joint Service
    Seatrade Group N.V.

    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement permits the parties to charter 
vessels from one another, rationalize sailings, discuss and agree upon 
rates, charges, classifications, rules, practices, terms of service 
contracts, and other matters of mutual concern in the trade from United 
States ports and points to ports and points in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and 
Hong Kong. Adherence to any agreement reached is voluntary.

    Agreement No.: 203-011525.
    Title: Navieras/Tropical Caribbean Basin Agreement.
    Parties:

    NPR, Inc. (``Navieras'')
    Tropical Shipping & Construction Co., Ltd. (``Tropical'')

    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement authorizes the parties to charter 
space and vessels to and from one another, to rationalize sailings, and 
to establish a joint service in the trade to and from the Dominican 
Republic in which they will retain their separate identity but pool 
revenues and expenses. The parties may also, on a voluntary and non-
binding basis, discuss and agree upon rates, rate policy, service items 
and any terms and conditions of tariffs and service contracts in the 
trade: (a) Between ports and points on the United States Atlantic and 
Gulf Coasts, on the one hand, and ports and points in Mexico, Central 
America, the North Coast of South America and the Caribbean, on the 
other hand, and (b) between ports and points in Puerto Rico and the 
U.S. Virgin Islands, on the one hand, and ports and points in Mexico, 
Central America, the 

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North Coast of South America and the Caribbean, on the other hand. The 
parties have requested a shortened review period.

    Agreement No.: 232-011526.
    Title: Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd./Hoegh-Ugland Auto Liners A/S Space 
Charter Agreement.
    Parties:

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
    Hoegh-Ugland Auto Liners A/S

    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement authorizes the parties to charter 
space to and from each other in amounts and upon terms as they may from 
time to time agree upon, and to rationalize sailings in the trade from 
ports in the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts, on the one hand, 
to ports in the United Kingdom and Northern Europe (Bordeaux to 
Wallhann range), on the other hand. The parties have requested a 
shortened review period.

    Agreement No.: 224-200968.
    Title: Port of Oakland/South Pacific Container Line Inc. Terminal 
Agreement.
    Parties:

    Port of Oakland (``Port'')
    South Pacific Container Line, Inc. (``SPCL'')

    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement permits SPCL the non-exclusive 
rights to certain premises at the Port's Charles P. Howard Terminal. 
Subject to Agreement provisions, SPCL will pay to the Port eighty 
percent of dockage tariff charges and seventy percent of wharfage 
tariff charges.

    Dated: January 18, 1996.

    By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-918 Filed 1-23-96; 8:45 am]
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