[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 33146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10977]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION


Notice of Agreements Filed

    The Commission hereby gives notice of filing of the following 
agreements under the Shipping Act of 1984. Interested parties may 
submit comments, relevant information, or documents regarding the 
agreements to the Secretary by email at [email protected], or by mail, 
Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, Washington, DC 
20573. Comments will be most helpful to the Commission if received 
within 12 days of the date this notice appears in the Federal Register, 
and the Commission requests that comments be submitted within 7 days on 
agreements that request expedited review. Copies of agreements are 
available through the Commission's website (www.fmc.gov) or by 
contacting the Office of Agreements at (202) 523-5793 or 
[email protected].
    Agreement No.: 011290-044.
    Agreement Name: International Vessel Operators Dangerous Goods 
Association Agreement.
    Parties: Bermuda Container Line Ltd.; Crowley Caribbean Services 
LLC, Crowley Latin American Services, LLC (dba a single party); COSCO 
Shipping Lines Company, Ltd.; Evergreen Marine Corp (Taiwan) Ltd.; 
Hapag-Lloyd AG; HMM Company Limited; Independent Container Line Ltd.; 
Klinge Corporation (associate party); Maersk A/S; Matson Navigation 
Company; National Cargo Bureau (associate party); Ocean Network Express 
Pte. Ltd.; Orient Overseas Container Line Limited; Seaboard Marine 
Ltd.; Tampa Bay International Terminals, Inc. (associate party); 
Tropical Shipping & Construction Company Limited, LLC; Wallenius 
Wilhelmensen Ocean AS; Wan Hai Lines Ltd.; Yang Ming Marine Transport 
Corporation; and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.
    Filing Party: Wayne Rohde, Cozen O'Connor.
    Synopsis: The amendment adds ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, Ltd. 
as a party to the Agreement and corrects the names and/or addresses of 
several of the other parties.
    Proposed Effective Date: 6/30/2023.
    Location: https://www2.fmc.gov/FMC.Agreements.Web/Public/AgreementHistory/1638.
    Agreement No.: 201349-003.
    Agreement Name: World Shipping Council Agreement.
    Parties: COSCO Shipping Lines Co., Ltd., Orient Overseas Container 
Line Ltd., and OOCL (Europe) Limited (acting as a single party); CMA 
CGM S.A., APL Co. Pte. Ltd., American President Lines, LLC and ANL 
Singapore Pte Ltd. (acting as a single party); Crowley Caribbean 
Services, LLC and Crowley Latin America Services, LLC (acting as a 
single party); Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd.; Hapag-Lloyd 
AG; HMM Company Limited; Independent Container Line, Ltd.; Kawasaki 
Kisen Kaisha Ltd., Maersk A/S and Hamburg Sud (acting as a single 
party); Matson Navigation Company, Inc.; MSC Mediterranean Shipping 
Company SA; Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.; Nippon Yusen Kaisha; Ocean 
Network Express Pte. Ltd.; Swire Shipping, Pte. Ltd.; Wallenius 
Wilhelmsen Ocean AS; Wan Hai Lines Ltd. and Wan Hai Lines (Singapore) 
Pte Ltd. (acting as a single party); Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.; 
and Zim Integrated Shipping Services, Ltd.
    Filing Party: Robert Magovern, Cozen O'Connor.
    Synopsis: The Amendment authorizes the WSC members to (i) discuss 
and agree upon voluntary best practices relating to minimum safety 
standards for screening and inspecting dangerous cargo, (ii) establish 
and administer a common digital solutions tool for the cargo screening 
process (including through a third-party vendor), and (iii) create and 
maintain databases of shippers and cargo inspection companies that 
demonstrate conformance with minimum safety standards.
    Proposed Effective Date: 7/1/2023.
    Location: https://www2.fmc.gov/FMC.Agreements.Web/Public/AgreementHistory/34503.

    Dated: May 18, 2023.
JoAnne O'Bryant,
Program Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2023-10977 Filed 5-22-23; 8:45 am]
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