[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 87 (Thursday, May 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25924-25925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11069]


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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.: 203-011426-029.
    Title: West Coast of South America Discussion Agreement.
    Parties:

    A.P. Moller-Maersk Sealand
    APL Co. PTE Ltd.
    Colombus Line
    Compania Chilena de Navegacion Interoceania, S.A.
    Compania Sud Americana de Vapores, S.A.
    Crowley American Transport, Inc.
    Seaboard Marine Ltd.
    Mediterranean Shipping Company, S.A.
    NYK/NOS Joint Service
    P&O Nedlloyd B.V.
    Seaboard Marine, Ltd.
    Ecuadorian Line
    South American Independent Lines Association and its members: 
Interocean Lines, Inc., Trinity Shipping Line, S.A.

    Synopsis: The proposed amendment clarifies that authority to 
discuss service

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contract rates extends to joint and/or individual service contracts. 
The amendment also clarifies that the parties may communicate with one 
another indirectly as well as directly.

    Agreement No.: 203-011637-002.
    Title: MLL/TMG/Columbus/Maruba Cooperative Working Agreement.
    Parties:

    Mexican Line Limited
    Transportacion Maritima Grancolombiana, S.A. (``TMG'')
    Columbus Line
    Maruba S.C.A.

    Synopsis: The proposed amendment would expand the geographic scope 
of the Agreement to include Japan, the People's Republic of China, Hong 
Kong, Taiwan, and Korea. It would also delete TMG as a party to the 
Agreement and change the Agreement's name to the ``Ampac Cooperative 
Working Agreement.'' In addition, the amendment would modify the 
Agreement to reflect changes to the parties' services and space 
allocations necessary to accommodate their expanded trade area and 
would make other clarifying modifications to their service contract and 
withdrawal provisions. The parties have requested expedited review.

    Agreement No.: 217-011706.
    Title: Kent Line/Seaboard Space Charter and Sailing Agreement.
    Parties:

    Kent Line International Limited
    Seaboard Marine Ltd.

    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement would permit the parties to 
charter space to one another and to coordinate their vessel service in 
the trade between United States Atlantic and Puerto Rican ports and 
ports in Antigua, Barbados, Trinidad, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, 
Venezuela and on the Atlantic Coast of Canada. The parties have 
requested expedited review.

    Agreement No.: 203-011707.
    Title: Gulf/South America Discussion Agreement.
    Parties:

    Associated Transport Line, L.L.C.
    Industrial Maritime Carriers (U.S.A.) Inc., operating as 
Intermarine.

    Synopsis: The agreement permits the parties to discuss and 
voluntarily agree on rates and related matters in the trade between the 
U.S. Gulf and Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, 
Venezuela and Trinidad.

    Dated: April 28, 2000.

    By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Bryant L. VanBrakle,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-11069 Filed 5-3-00; 8:45 am]
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