[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 4266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1978]


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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.: 203-011279-006.
    Title: The Latin America Agreement.
    Parties: The Members of the following: Central America Discussion 
Agreement; Southeastern Caribbean Discussion Agreement; Hispaniola 
Discussion Agreement; U.S. Jamaica Discussion Agreement; Venezuela 
American Maritime Association; Caribbean Shipowners' Association; Aruba 
Bonaire Curacao Liner Association; Inter-American Freight Conference; 
Venezuelan Discussion Agreement; and Puerto Rico/Caribbean Discussion 
Agreement.
    Synopsis: The proposed modification changes the name of the 
Agreement from the ``Western Hemisphere Discussion Agreement'' to the 
``Latin America Agreement'', as well as making membership changes to 
the list of members of the Central America Discussion Agreement and the 
Inter-American Freight Conference.
    Agreement No.: 203-011452-010
    Title: Trans-Pacific Policing Agreement
    Parties: American President Lines, Ltd.; Cho Yang Line; China Ocean 
Shipping Company; DSR-Senator Joint Service; Evergreen Marine Corp.; 
Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.; Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH; Hyundai 
Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.; Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.; A.P. Moller-
Maersk Line; Mtsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.; Neptune Orient Lines, Ltd.; 
Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line; Orient Overseas Container Line, Inc.; P&O 
Nedlloyd Limited; P&O Nedlloyd Lijnen, B.V.; Sea-Land Service, Inc.; 
and Wilhelmsen Lines AS, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.
    Synopsis: The proposed amendment would expand the scope of the 
Agreement's policing program to include rates, charges, terms, and 
condition established pursuant to Agreement No. 203-011325 (the 
Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement) for wastepaper and 
metal scrap. It also deletes Transportation Maritima Mexicana S.A. de 
C.V. as a party to the Agreement.
    Agreement No.: 232-011606.
    Title: The COSCON/KL Slot Exchange Agreement.
    Parties: COSCO Container Lines, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement would permit the parties to 
charter space to one another and to agree upon the deployment and 
utilization of vessels in the trade between United States Pacific Coast 
ports and ports in Asia, and inland points in the U.S. and Asia served 
via such ports.

    Dated: January 22, 1998.

    By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-1978 Filed 1-27-98; 8:45 am]
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