[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 54102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18150]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket MARAD-2005-22416]


Lykes Lines Limited, LLC; Request For Comments Regarding the 
Proposed Purchase of CP Ships Limited by TUI AG and Its Impact on the 
Maritime Security Program (MSP)

    By letter dated August 22, 2005, CP Ships USA, LLC (CP USA), 
successor in interest to Lykes Lines Limited, LLC (Lykes), has advised 
the Maritime Administration (MARAD) that TUI AG (TUI) is acquiring CP 
Ships Limited (CP Ships), the parent company of CP USA, through a stock 
purchase. Lykes has been awarded five new MSP Operating Agreements, 
Nos. MA/MSP-74 through 78, respectively, to the vessels CP NAVIGATOR 
(ex-LYKES NAVIGATOR), CP DISCOVERER (ex-LYKES DISCOVERER), CP LIBERATOR 
(ex-LYKES LIBERATOR), CP MOTIVATOR (ex-LYKES MOTIVATOR) and CP YOSEMITE 
(ex-TMM YUCATAN) for the participation of those vessels in the MSP 
beginning October 1, 2005. CP USA became the successor to Lykes on May 
30, 2005, through reorganization and renaming of various components of 
Canadian Pacific Lines, Limited, which itself was renamed CP Ships.
    TUI is a German corporation and parent of the German vessel 
operator Hapag-Lloyd AG. Neither TUI, nor Hapag-Lloyd presently has any 
connection to the MSP. Implementation of the proposed purchase will 
bring the ultimate control of CP USA's five MSP Fleet vessels under the 
ownership of TUI.
    The purchase of CP Ships by TUI will, in effect, transfer ultimate 
ownership of CP USA from one foreign corporate entity to another. The 
transaction requires MARAD approval under CP USA's MSP Operating 
Agreements Nos. MA/MSP-74 through 78. This notice is being published as 
a matter of discretion. MARAD will consider all comments submitted in a 
timely fashion on this particular application, and the topic of the 
transfer of MSP Operating Agreements in general, and will take such 
action thereto as may be deemed appropriate.
    A redacted copy of this proposal will be available for inspection 
at the Department of Transportation (DOT) Dockets Facility and on the 
DOT Dockets Web site (address information follows). Any person, firm or 
corporation having an interest in this proposal, and desiring to submit 
comments concerning the transaction, may file comments as follows. You 
should mention the docket number that appears at the top of this notice 
in any submission. Written comments should be submitted to the Docket 
Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, Nassif Building, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 
Comments may also be submitted by electronic means via the Internet at 
http://dmses.dot.gov/submit/. You may call Docket Management at (202) 
366-9324. You may visit the docket room to inspect and copy comments at 
the above listed address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT, Monday through 
Friday, except holidays. An electronic version of this document is 
available on the World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov. Comments must be 
received by close of business September 23, 2005.
    This notice is published as a matter of discretion, and the fact of 
its publication should in no way be considered a favorable or 
unfavorable decision on the proposed transaction, as filed, or as it 
may be amended.

    Dated: September 7, 2005.

    By Order of the Maritime Administration.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-18150 Filed 9-12-05; 8:45 am]
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