[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57908-57909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20220]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Petition No. P3-16]


Petition of APL Co. PTE Ltd; for An Exemption From Commission 
Regulations; Notice of Filing and Request for Comments

    This is to provide notice of filing and to invite comments on or 
before September 1, 2016, regarding the Petition described below.
    APL Co. Pte Ltd on behalf of itself and American President Lines, 
Ltd. (Petitioner), has petitioned the Commission pursuant to 46 CFR 
502.76 of the Commission's Rules of Practice

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and Procedure, for an exemption from the Commission's rules requiring 
individual service contract amendments, 46 CFR. 530.10, and the rule 
prohibiting duplicative tariffs, 46 CFR 520.7(a)(4). Specifically, 
Petitioner explains that ``APL is currently majority owned by CMA CGM 
S.A. (``CMA CGM'') a vessel operating common carrier headquartered in 
Marseille, France. On or about September 1, 2016, APL will become 
delisted from the Singaporean stock exchange and be 100% owned by CMA 
CGM. At that time, CMA CGM will begin to consolidate certain operations 
under its various brands worldwide.'' In particular, CMA CGM will 
transfer the slot allocations of its wholly owned subsidiary ANL 
Singapore Pte. Ltd. (``ANL'') to APL effective October 1, 2016.
    Petitioner requests that in lieu of publishing amendments to each 
of approximately 600 service contracts effected by the transfer of 
ANL's transpacific business, ``the Commission permit APL to send a 
universal notice to the Commission and to each of the service contract 
parties.'' In addition, because existing ANL tariffs ``will be taken 
over by APL and will be renumbered and republished under APL's 
organization number,'' Petitioners also seek a waiver to permit 
insertion of notices in existing ANL and new APL tariffs.
    The Petition in its entirety is posted on the Commission's Web site 
at http://www.fmc.gov/P3-16. Comments filed in response to this 
Petition also will be posted on the Commission's Web site at this 
location.
    In order for the Commission to make a thorough evaluation of the 
Petition, interested persons are requested to submit comments in reply 
to the Petition no later than September 1, 2016. Commenters must send 
an original and 5 copies to the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, 
800 North Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 20573-0001, and be served 
on Eric R. Swett, VP & General Counsel, Americas, APL Limited, 16220 N. 
Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85254-1781. A text-searchable PDF copy 
of the comment must also be sent as an email attachment to 
[email protected], and include in the subject line: ``P3-16 (Commenter/
Company Name).'' Replies containing confidential information should not 
be submitted by email.

Rachel E. Dickon,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-20220 Filed 8-23-16; 8:45 am]
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