[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19060-19061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10588]




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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, 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 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations. Interested persons should consult this section before 
communicating with the Commission regarding a pending agreement.
    Agreement No.: 203-011542.

    Title: African Northbound Space Charter and Sailing Agreement.

    Parties: Wilhelmsen Lines A/S, Safbank Line Limited, Lykes Bros. 
Steamship Co., Inc.

    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement authorizes the parties to discuss 
and agree on whether to become or remain a member of or withdraw from 
any conferences or any other agreements covering the Trade or any part 
of it. In addition, it permits the parties to charter space to and from 
one another, consult and agree upon the deployment and utilization of 
vessels and rationalize sailings in the trade from ports and points in 
Southern Africa in the range from the northern border of Namibia to the 
northern border of Mozambique to U.S. Atlantic Coast ports and points.
    Agreement No.: 203-011543.

    Title: U.S.-Australia/New Zealand Policing Agreement.

    Parties: Australia New Zealand Direct Line, Blue Star (North 
America) Limited, Hamburg-Sudamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts 
Gesellschaft Eggert & Amsinck (Columbus Line).

    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement authorizes the parties to discuss, 
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upon and implement contracts for neutral body policing and cargo 
inspection services, to establish guidelines and procedures for the 
exchange of information relating to actions taken by the neutral body, 
and to exchange such information.

    Agreement No.: 232-011544.
    Title: Lykes/APL space Charter Agreement.
    Parties: American President Lines, Ltd. (``APL''), Lykes Bros. 
Steamship Co., Ltd. (``Lykes'').
    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement authorizes APL to charter and 
subcharter or assign all or any space it has on Lykes' vssels to a non-
party without Lykes' consent, and rationalize sailings in the trade 
between U.S. Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Coast ports and points, on the 
one hand and, on the other hand (a) ports and points in the United 
Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, 
Poland and Baltic ports in the former Soviet Union, (b) ports and 
points in the Continental Europe range from Germany, to and including 
Portugal and the Atlantic Coast of Spain; and (c) ports and points on 
the Mediterranean Sea and Africa. The parties have requested a 
shortened review period.

    Dated: April 24, 1996.

    By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-10588 Filed 4-29-96; 8:45 am]
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