[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58170-58171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21836]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION


Notice of Agreements Filed

    The Commission hereby gives notice of the filing of the following 
agreements under the Shipping Act of 1984. Interested parties may 
obtain copies of agreements by contacting the Commission's Office of 
Agreements at (202) 523-5793 or via e-mail at [email protected]. 
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.: 008493-024.
    Title: Trans-Pacific American Flag Berth Operators Agreement.
    Parties: American President Lines, Ltd., and A.P. Moller-Maersk A/
S.
    Filing Party: Howard A. Levy, Esq.; 120 Wall Street, Suite 2020; 
New York, NY 10005-4001.
    Synopsis: The amendment updates Maersk's corporate name.
    Agreement No.: 010714-037.
    Title: Trans-Atlantic American Flag Liner Operators Agreement.
    Parties: A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S; American President Lines, Ltd.; 
American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, LLC; Farrell Lines Incorporated; 
Lykes Lines Limited, LLC; and P&O Nedlloyd Limited.
    Filing Party: Howard A. Levy, Esq.; 120 Wall Street, Suite 2020; 
New York, NY 10005-4001.
    Synopsis: The amendment updates Maersk's corporate name.
    Agreement No.: 011117-034.
    Title: United States/Australasia Discussion Agreement.
    Parties: A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S; Australia-New Zealand Direct Line; 
CMA CGM, S.A.; Compagnie Maritime Marfret, S.A.; Fesco Ocean Management 
Limited; Hamburg-Sud; Lykes Lines Limited, LLC; P&O Nedlloyd Limited; 
Safmarine Container Lines NV; and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines AS.
    Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell; 1850 M 
Street, NW., Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036.
    Synopsis: The amendment adds Safmarine as a party to the agreement 
and clarifies that Maersk and Safmarine will act as a single party 
under the agreement.

    Agreement No.: 011223-029.
    Title: Transpacific Stabilization Agreement
    Parties: APL Co. Pte. Ltd.; American President Lines, Ltd.; CMA 
CGM, S.A.; COSCO Container Lines Ltd.; Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) 
Ltd.; Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.; Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH; 
Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.; Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.; Mitsui 
O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.; Nippon Yusen Kaisha; Orient Overseas Container Line 
Limited; P&O Nedlloyd B.V.; P&O Nedlloyd Limited; and Yangming Marine 
Transport Corp.
    Filing Party: David F. Smith, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell; 1850 M 
Street, NW., Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036.
    Synopsis: The amendment deletes A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S as a party 
to the agreement.

    Agreement No.: 011275-016.
    Title: Australia/United States Discussion Agreement
    Parties: A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S; Australia-New Zealand Direct Line; 
FESCO Ocean Management Inc.; Hamburg-Sud; LauritzenCool AB; Lykes Lines 
Limited, LLC; P&O Nedlloyd Limited; Safmarine Container Lines NV; and 
Seatrade Group NV.
    Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell; 1850 M 
Street, NW., Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036.
    Synopsis: The amendment adds Safmarine as a party to the agreement 
and clarifies that Maersk and Safmarine will act as a single party 
under the agreement.

    Agreement No.: 011427-002.
    Title: Japanese-U.S. Carrier Discussion Agreement.
    Parties: Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd; Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.; 
Nippon Yusen Kaisha; and American President Lines, Ltd.
    Filing Party: David F. Smith, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell; 1850 M 
Street, NW., Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036 and Charles F. Warren, 
Esq.; Warren & Associates, P.C.; 1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW.; 
Washington, DC 20036.
    Synopsis: The amendment deletes A.P. Moller-Maersk Sealand as a 
party to the agreement.

    Agreement No.: 011515-010.
    Title: Steamship Line Cooperative Chassis Pool.
    Parties: Atlantic Container Line AB; China Shipping Container Lines 
Co., Ltd.; COSCO Container Lines Company, Ltd.; CMA CGM, S.A.; Compania 
Sud Americana de Vapores, S.A.; Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd.; 
Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.; Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.; Mediterranean 
Shipping Company, S.A.; Safmarine Container Lines, NV; Yangming Marine 
Transport Corporation; and Zim Integrated Shipping Services, Ltd.
    Filing Party: David F. Smith, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell LLP; 1850 M 
Street, NW.; Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036.
    Synopsis: The amendment deletes American President Lines, Ltd. and 
adds Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd. as parties to the agreement; 
updates Zim's corporate name; and deletes unnecessarily repetitive 
language.

    Agreement No.: 011527-009.
    Title: East Coast Americas Service.
    Parties: Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.; Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.; 
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.; and Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.
    Filing Party: Howard A. Levy, Esq.; 120 Wall Street, Suite 2020; 
New York, NY 10005-4001.
    Synopsis: The amendment reflects Zim's new corporate name.

    Agreement No.: 011660-003.
    Title: Administrative Housekeeping Agreement.
    Parties: A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S; American President Lines, Ltd.; 
American Roll-On Roll-Off Carriers, LLC; and Farrell Lines 
Incorporated; and P&O Nedlloyd Limited.
    Filing Party: Howard A. Levy, Esq.; 120 Wall Street, Suite 2020; 
New York, NY 10005-4001.
    Synopsis: The amendment updates Maersk's corporate name, indicates 
that P&O Nedlloyd and Farrell Lines are acting as one party, and adds 
American Roll-On Roll-Off Carriers.

    Agreement No.: 011710-001.
    Title: TAAFC/USSEC Housekeeping Services Agreement.
    Parties: A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S and P&O Nedlloyd Limited, as 
parties to the U.S. South Europe Conference, and Trans-Atlantic 
Associated Conferences (London).
    Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell; 1850 M 
Street, NW., Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036.
    Synopsis: The amendment updates Maersk's corporate name.

    Agreement No.: 011810-001.
    Title: GUMEX-Brasil Cooperative Working Agreement.
    Parties: CMA CGM, S.A. and Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH.
    Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell; 1850 M 
Street, NW., Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036.
    Synopsis: The amendment deletes authority for the parties to 
discuss and agree on rates.

    Agreement No.: 011852-011.
    Title: Maritime Security Discussion Agreement.
    Parties: Australia-New Zealand Direct Line; China Shipping 
Container Lines, Co., Ltd.; Canada Maritime; CMA CGM, S.A.; Contship 
Container Lines; COSCO Container Lines Company, Ltd.; CP

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Ships (UK) Limited; Evergreen Marine Corp.; Hanjin Shipping Company, 
Ltd.; Hapag Lloyd Container Linie GmbH; Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., 
Ltd.; Italia di Navigazione, LLC; Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.; Lykes 
Lines Limited, LLC; Nippon Yusen Kaisha; Orient Overseas Container Line 
Limited; P&O Nedlloyd Limited; TMM Lines Limited, LLC; Yang Ming Marine 
Transport Corp.; Zim Israel Navigation Co., Ltd.; Alabama State Port 
Authority; APM Terminals North America, Inc.; Ceres Terminals, Inc.; 
Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co., Inc.; Eagle Marine Services Ltd.; 
Global Terminal & Container Services, Inc.; Howland Hook Container 
Terminal, Inc.; Husky Terminal & Stevedoring, Inc.; International 
Shipping Agency; International Transportation Service, Inc.; Lambert's 
Point Docks Inc.; Long Beach Container Terminal, Inc.; Maersk Pacific 
Ltd.; Maher Terminals, Inc.; Marine Terminals Corp.; Maryland Port 
Administration; Massachusetts Port Authority; Metropolitan Stevedore 
Co.; P&O Ports North American, Inc.; Port of Tacoma; South Carolina 
State Ports Authority; Stevedoring Services of America, Inc.; Trans Bay 
Container Terminal, Inc.; TraPac Terminals; Universal Maritime Service 
Corp.; Virginia International Terminals; and Yusen Terminals, Inc.
    Filing Parties: Carol N. Lambos; Lambos & Junge; 29 Broadway, 9th 
Floor; New York, NY 10006 and Charles T. Carroll, Jr.; Carroll & 
Froelich, PLLC; 2011 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.; Suite 301; Washington, 
DC 20006.
    Synopsis: The amendment deletes American President Lines, Ltd., APL 
Co. Pte Ltd., and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. as parties to the 
agreement.

    Agreement No.: 011890.
    Title: SCM Lines Ltd./Seaboard Marine Ltd. Space Charter Agreement.
    Parties: SCM Lines, Ltd. and Seaboard Marine, Ltd.
    Filing Party: Maria E. Yordan; Director of Marketing; SCM Lines 
USA, LLC; 7205 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 404; Miami, FL 33126.
    Synopsis: The proposed agreement would authorize SCM Lines to 
charter space to Seaboard Marine between U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports 
and Guanta, Venezuela.

    By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.

    Dated: September 24, 2004.
Bryant L. VanBrakle,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-21836 Filed 9-28-04; 8:45 am]
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