[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36908-36909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18088]


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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.: 203-011223-019
    Title: Transpacific Stabilization Agreement
    Parties: American President Lines, Ltd. and APL Co. PTE Ltd. 
(operating as a single carrier) Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd. 
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, Ltd. Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Orient 
Overseas Container Line, Inc., P%O Nedlloyd B.V., P&O Nedlloyd Limited, 
Sea-Land Service, Inc., Yangming Marine Transport Corp.
    Synopsis: The proposed modification clarifies and updates non-
binding agreement authority with respect to guidelines, centralized 
processes, and the parties' obligations under the Agreement. it also 
deletes reference to a former member.

    Agreement No.: 232-011491-004
    Title: Lykes/Evergreen Reciprocal Space Charter, Sailing, and 
Cooperative Working Agreement
    Parties: Lykes Lines Limited, LLC Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) 
Ltd.
    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement changes the name of the Agreement 
by deleting the word reciprocal from the name, restates the Agreement, 
and makes some substantial and non-substantial changes to various 
articles in the Agreement.

    Agreement No.: 217-011627.
    Title: Yangming/Hanjin Slot Exchange Agreement.
    Parties: Yangming Marine Transport Corporation Hanjin Shipping Co., 
Ltd.
    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement authorizes the parties to exchange 
up to 500 TEUs of container space per week, both eastbound and 
westbound, on each others' vessels operating in the trade between East 
Asia and the east and west coasts of the United States.

    Agreement No.: 201-200063-017.
    Title: NYSA-ILA Tonnage Assessment Agreement.

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    Parties: New York Shipping Association, Inc. International 
Longshoremen's Association.
    Synopsis: The proposed amendment reduces tonnage assessment rates 
on in house containers originating at or destined for certain North 
American points and also establishes a new container charge for waste 
paper and cardboard.

    Dated: July 2, 1998.

    By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Ronald D. Murphy,
Assisant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-18088 Filed 7-7-98; 8:45 am]
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