[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5950-5951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2756]


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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.: 202-010689-072.
    Title: Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement.

Parties:
    American President Lines, Ltd.
    APL Co. PTE Ltd.
    Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH
    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
    A.P. Moller-Maersk Line
    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

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    Neptune Orient Container Line, Ltd.
    Nippon Yusen Kaisha Ltd.
    Orient Overseas Container Line, Inc.
    P&O Nedlloyd Limited
    P&O Nedlloyd B.V.
    Sea-Land Service, Inc.

    Synopsis: The proposed modification would authorize the parties to 
enter into individual service contracts, including confidential service 
contracts, on those commodities both exempt from tariff filing and on 
which the Agreement has ``opened'' the rates. The parties also may 
enter into individual service contracts limited to dry cargo, subject 
to agreement guidelines, and filed in Agreement Essential Terms 
tariffs.

    By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.

    Dated: January 30, 1998.
Ronald D. Murphy,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-2756 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]
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