[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37825-37826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16095]


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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, NW., Room 940. 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.: 011155-003.
Title: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines/NYK Space Charter and Cooperative 
Working Agreement.
Parties:
    Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines AS (``WWL''),
    Nippon Yusen Kaisha (``NYK'').
Synopsis: The amendment changes the name of the agreement and expands 
the geographic scope of the agreement to include the trade from the 
U.S. to Europe. It replaces the language in Articles 5, 6, and 7 with 
entirely new language. It also adds language to Article 9 allowing a 
party to withdraw on six months' notice. New Articles 10 and 11 deal 
with arbitration and force majeure. The changes reflect a new space 
charter arrangement between the parties and are intended to replace the 
cooperation between them under the WALLNYK Joint Service and related 
agreements, which the parties plan to terminate around August 1, 2003.

Agreement No.: 011290-030.
Title: International Vessel Operators Hazardous Material Association 
Agreement.
Parties:
    APL Co. Pte. Ltd.; Atlantic Container Line AB; Australia-New 
Zealand Direct Line, a division of CP Ships (UK) Limited; Bermuda 
Container Line; Canada Maritime Agencies Ltd. (associate member); CMA 
CGM, S.A.; Compania Latino Americana de Navegacion SA (associate 
member); Contship Containerlines, a division of CP Ships (UK) Limited; 
Crowley Maritime Corporation; CSX Lines, LLC (associate member); 
Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan), Ltd.; Hamburg-
S[uuml]damerikanische Dampfschifffahrtgesellschaft KG (Columbus Line); 
Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH; Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.; 
Independent Container Line Ltd.; Italia di Navigazione, S.p.A.; 
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.; Lykes Lines Limited LLC; Marine Transport 
Lines, Inc. (associate member); Maruba S.C.A.; Mediterranean Shipping 
Co. S.A.; Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.; A.P. Moller-Maersk Sealand; 
National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia; Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line; Orient 
Overseas Container Line Limited; P&O Nedlloyd, Ltd.; P&O Nedlloyd B.V.; 
Safmarine Container Lines; TMM Lines Limited; Tropical Shipping & 
Construction Co., Ltd.; Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines AS; Zim Israel 
Navigation Company, Ltd.
Synopsis: The amendment deletes Senator Lines GmbH as a party to the 
agreement adds Alianca Navegacao e Logistica Ltda.; China Shipping 
Container Lines Co., Ltd.; Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.; Seaboard Marine 
Ltd.; and Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. as parties to the agreement. 
These membership changes became effective on filing.

Agreement No.: 011798-001.
Title: Atlantic Space Charter Agreement.
Parties:
    Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Orient Overseas Container Line Limited, Orient Overseas Container Line 
Inc., and Orient Overseas Container Line (UK) Limited (as one Party)
P&O Nedlloyd Limited/P&O Nedlloyd BV (as one Party)
Lykes Lines Limited LLC,
TMM Lines Limited, LLC (Acting as a single Party under the Grand 
Alliance-Americana Atlantic

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Agreement, FMC Agreement No. 011705) and
COSCO Container Lines Company, Limited,
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.,
YangMing (UK) Ltd.,
Hanjin Container Lines, Ltd. (Acting individually).
Synopsis: The agreement is amended to: (1) Delete Hanjin Container 
Lines, Ltd. as a party; (2) change the name of Orient Overseas 
Container Line (UK) Limited to Dart-ML Limited; and (3) reduce the 
total space allocation to the charterers to reflect the withdrawal of 
Hanjin and the reduction of K-Line's allocation.

Agreement No.: 011846-001.
Title: CCNI/Maruba Cooperative Working Agreement.
Parties:
    Compa[ntilde]ia Chilena de Navegaci[oacute]n Interoce[aacute]nica 
S.A., Maruba S.C.A.
Synopsis: The amendment deletes Article 5(e) from the agreement, which 
authorizes the parties to discuss and agree on rates and surcharges.

Agreement No.: 201145.
Title: Oakland/Evergreen Marine Terminal Agreement.
Parties:
    City of Oakland Board of Port Commissioners, Evergreen Marine 
Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd.
Synopsis: The agreement is a non-exclusive preference assignment of 
improved land and water area and four cranes at the port of Oakland. 
The agreement runs through June 2, 2013.

    By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.
    Dated: June 20, 2003.
Bryant L. VanBrakle,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-16095 Filed 6-24-03; 8:45 am]
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