[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43441-43442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21780]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-98-4297]


Sea-Land Service, Inc.; Notice of Application to Increase Service 
in the Non-Contiguous Domestic Trade for Puerto Rico

    Sea-Land Service, Inc. (Sea-Land), by application dated July 17, 
1998, has applied for an increase in the authorized level of the 
service that Sea-Land

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provides to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), pursuant to 
section 656(d) of Subtitle B, Title VI, of the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936, as amended (1936 Act). In support of its application, Sea-Land 
has provided information related to the growth of Real Gross Product 
(RGP) for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as supplied to Sea-Land by 
the Planning Board of the Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico.
    This application is composed of two separate requests by Sea-Land. 
The first asks for revision of Sea-Land's authorized service level for 
Puerto Rico for Fiscal Year (FY) 1996 and FY 1997, based on revised 
figures for the increase in RGP for those periods. The second is a new 
request for a service level increase in respect to the growth in RGP 
for FY 1998. A summation of the service level increases requested by 
Sea-Land is attached hereto as Table I.
    Any person, firm or corporation having an interest in this 
application for increased service authorization, and who desires to 
submit comments concerning Sea-Land's application, is requested to 
provide those comments to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-
401, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. Such comments 
must be filed no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday, September 14, 
1998. All comments received will be available for examination at the 
above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal Holidays. An electronic version of this document is 
available on the World Wide Web at http:/dms.dot.gov.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Date: August 10, 1998.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.

Sea-Land Service, Inc.; Requested Increases in Authorized Non-
Contiguous Domestic Service for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Revision for FY 1996 (July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1996)

    Due to the legislatively established end date of August 9, 1995, 
for the time period used for determination of grandfather service 
levels for containerships, FY 1996 is prorated for the period 
between August 9, 1995 and June 30, 1996. This proration is 326/366 
days (1996 was a leap year).

Original FY 1996 RGP: 3.1 percent
Proration Factor: 326/366=.89
Original FY 1996 RGP proration: (.89)x(3.1)=2.76 percent
Current Service Level for FY 1996: (220,157)x(.0276)=6,076 
220,157+6,076=226,233 TEUs
Revised FY 1996 RGP: 3.3 percent
Revised FY 1996 proration: (.89)x(3.3)=2.94 percent
Service level for FY 1996: (220,157)x(.0294)=6,473 TEUs
Revised service level for FY 1996=220,157+6,473=226,630 TEUs
Change: +397 TEUs

Revision for FY 1997 (July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997)

Original FY 1997 RGP: 2.8 percent
Current Service Level for FY 1997: (226,233)x(.028)=6,335 
226,233+6,335=232,568 TEUs
Revised FY 1997 RGP: 3.2 percent
Revised Service Level for FY 1997: (226,630)x(.032)=7,252 
226,630+7,252=233,882 TEUs
Change: +1,314 TEUs

Service Level Increase for FY 1998 (July 1, 1997 through June 30, 
1998)

Revised Service Level (July 1, 1997): 233,882 TEUs
RGP for FY 1998 (uncorrected): 3.0 percent
Proposed Service Level (July 1, 1998): (233,882)x(.03)=7,016 
233,882+7,016=240,898 TEUs
Increase: 7,016 TEUs

[FR Doc. 98-21780 Filed 8-12-98; 8:45 am]
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