[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67368-67369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33506]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION


Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

    The Commission hereby gives notice of the filing of the following 
agreement(s) under the Shipping Act of 1984.
    Interested parties can review or obtain copies of agreements at the 
Washington, DC offices of the Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, 
N.W., Room 962. Interested parties may submit comments on an agreement 
to the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573, 
within 10 days of the date this notice appears in the Federal Register.

Agreement No.: 202-010714-023
Title: Trans-Atlantic American Flag Liner Operators
Parties:
    Farrell Lines Incorporated
    Lykes Lines Ltd., LLC
    Sea-Land Service, Inc.
Synopsis: The proposed amendment would sectionalize the Agreement's 
geographic scope into three subsections and would provide for sectional 
membership, voting, independent action, and service contracting. A 
member not participating in a section to which it otherwise provides 
service would be free to act unilaterally with respect thereto. The 
amendment also makes a number of nonsubstantive, administrative changes 
to the Agreement.

Agreement No.: 203-011325-013

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Title: Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement
Parties:
    American President Lines, Ltd.
    Evergreen Marine Corporation
    Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.
    Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH
    Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.
    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
    A.P. Moller-Maersk Line
    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
    Neptune Orient Lines, Ltd.
    Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line
    Orient Overseas Container Line, Inc.
    P&O Nedlloyd B.V.
    P&O Nedlloyd Limited
    Sea-Land Service, Inc.
Synopsis: The proposed modification provides for the parties to 
exchange their rates on wastepaper and metal scrap, to charge only the 
rates and changes so declared, and to be subject to neutral body 
policing.

Agreement No.: 203-011506-001
Title: Matson/APL Space Sharing Agreement
Parties:
    Matson Navigation Company, Inc.
    American President Lines, Ltd.
Synopsis: The proposed modification expands the geographic scope of the 
parties' space sharing agreement include ports and points in Mexico. 
The modification also revises the vessels to be used under the 
agreement and provides for other conforming arrangements in connection 
with equipment interchange and stevedoring/terminal services.

Agreement No.: 202-011528-006
Title: Japan/U.S. Eastbound Freight Conference
Parties:
    American President Lines, Ltd.
    Hapag-Lloyd Container Line GMBH
    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
    A.P. Moller-Maersk Line
    Neptune Orient Lines Limited
    Orient Overseas Container Line (U.S.A.)
    P&O Nedlloyd B.V.
    P&O Nedlloyd Limited
    Sea-Land Service, Inc.
    Wilhelmsen Lines AS
Synopsis: The proposed amendment provides that P&O Nedlloyd, B.V. and 
P&O Nedlloyd Limited shall be considered a single member for voting and 
quorum purposes in conducting the Agreement's business.

Agreement No.: 224-200147-005
Title: Jacksonville Port Authority/Sea-Land Service, Inc., Marine 
Terminal Agreement
Parties:
    Jacksonville Port Authority
    Sea-Land Service, Inc.
Synopsis: The proposed modification permits Sea-Land to exercise its 
renewal option by extending the terms until October 31, 2001. In 
addition, the modification amends Section 4, Rental, in its entirety; 
revises Exhibit D--Throughput Rates; and increases the fees and charges 
for the rental and throughput rates.

    Dated: December 18, 1997.

    By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Ronald D. Murphy,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-33506 Filed 12-23-97; 8:45 am]
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