[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13495-13496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7457]



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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, DC Office of the Federal Maritime Commission, 800 
North Capitol Street, NW., 9th Floor. Interested parties may submit 
comments on each agreement to the Secretary, Federal Maritime 
Commission, Washington, DC 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 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations. Interested persons should consult this section 
before communicating with the Commission regarding a pending agreement.

    Agreement No.: 203-01130-007.
    Title: Information System Agreement.

Parties:
    A.P. Moller-Maersk Line
    Crowley Maritime Corporation
    P&O Containers, Ltd.
    American President Lines, Ltd.
    Sea-Land Service, Inc.
    Hapag-Lloyd AG
    Orient Overseas Container, Inc.
    Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.
    Nedlloyd (USA) Corp.
    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha

    Synopsis: The proposed amendment expands the member's authority to 
discuss and agree on ways to reduce their costs' of operation and 
cooperate in the acquisition of goods and services used in their 
operations.


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    Agreement No.: 232-011535.
    Title: Central American Space Charter Agreement.
    Parties:

    Tropical Shipping and Construction Co., Ltd.
    Southeastern Shipping Line, Ltd.

    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement permits the parties to charter 
space to and from one another, consult and agree upon the deployment 
and utilization of vessels, and to rationalize sailings in the trade 
between U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports and points, and ports and 
points in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.

    Agreement No.: 203-011536.
    Title: Grand Alliance Agreement.
    Parties:

    Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesellchaft
    Neptune Orient Lines, Ltd.
    Nippon Yusen Kaisha
    P&O Containers Limited

    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement permits the parties to charter 
vessel and vessel space to and from one another, consult and agree upon 
the deployment and utilization of vessels. The parties are also 
authorized to enter into service contracts in the trade between U.S. 
Atlantic, Gulf (Portland, Maine to and including Brownsville, Texas 
range and Puerto Rico) and Pacific Coast (including Hawaii and Alaska) 
ports and points, on the one hand, and port and points in the Far East, 
South East Asia, South West Asia, the Arabian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of 
Oman, Europe, Canada, and Mexico, on the other hand.

    By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.

    Dated: March 22, 1996.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-7457 Filed 3-26-96; 8:45 am]
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