[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 62771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30908]
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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 962. 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.: 202-008090-041.
Title: Mediterranean North Pacific Coast Freight Conference.
Parties:
Med Pacific Express
Zim Israel Navigation Co., Ltd.
Synopsis: The proposed amendment would permit the parties to
discuss and agree, with voluntary adherence, on rates to be charged for
the carriage of open tariff items and would reduce the independent
action notice period applicable to direct vessel calls at San Francisco
and Oakland from ten calendar days to two business days. It would also
permit members that provide direct vessel service to Portland, Oregon,
or serve Seattle via Portland to offer individual service contracts for
those ports.
Agreement No.: 202-011375-034.
Title: Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (``TACA'').
Parties:
Atlantic Container Line AB
Cho Yang Shipping Co., Ltd.
DSR-Senator Lines
Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.
Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH
Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.
Mediterranean Shipping Co., S.A.
A.P. Moller-Maersk Line
Orient Overseas Container Line (UK) Ltd.
Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
POL-Atlantic
P&O Nedlloyd B.V.
P&O Nedlloyd Limited
Sea-Land Service, Inc.
Tecomar S.A. de C.V.
Transportation Maritima Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.
Synopsis: The proposed modification (1) authorizes the parties to
consider and act upon proposals and recommendations of the Equipment
Interchange Discussion Agreement (FMC No. 202-011284), and (2) deletes
expiration dates attached to exceptions to service contract through
rate and assessorial charge guidelines applicable to shipments to and
from the territory of the former Soviet Union.
Agreement No.: 232-011521-004.
Title: Hanjin/Tricon Far East Services Slot Charter Agreement.
Parties:
Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.
Cho Yang Shipping Co. Ltd.
DSR-Senator Lines GmbH
Synopsis: The proposed amendment expands the geographic scope of
the Agreement to include ports in Europe, the Middle East, Asia,
Canada, and Central America. It also changes the name of the Agreement
to the Hanjin/Tricon Slot Charter Agreement.
Agreement No.: 232-011519-003.
Title: Tricon/Hanjin Transpacific Agreement.
Parties:
Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.
Cho Yang Shipping Co. Ltd.
DSR-Senator Lines
Synopsis: The proposed amendment expands the geographic scope of
the Agreement to include ports in Europe, the Middle East, Asia,
Canada, and Central America. It changes the name of the Agreement to
the Tricon/Hanjin Agreement and replaces and supersedes Agreements No.
232-011475 (the Hanjin/Tricon Agreement) and 232-011501 (the Hanjin/
Tricon Panama Agreement).
Agreement No.: 207-011586-001.
Title: Transroll Navegacao, S.A./NPR Holding Corp. Joint Venture
Agreement.
Parties:
Transroll Navegacao, S.A.
NPR Holding Corporation
Synopsis: The proposed Agreement reflects Transroll Navegacao's
assignment of its rights and obligations under the Agreement to
Transroll Maritime Services, Ltd., a newly created Liberian subsidiary.
Agreement No.: 202-011587-001.
Title: United States South Europe Conference.
Parties:
A. P. Moller-Maersk Line
P&O Nedlloyd B.V.
P&O Nedlloyd Limited
Sea-Land Service, Inc.
Synopsis: The proposed amendment would permit the parties to apply
surcharges to service contracts at the level set in the Agreement
tariff or at some higher level at the time the contract is signed and
it would permit them to deviate from their tariff with regard to
currency and bunker fuel surcharge amounts on such items.
Agreement No.: 232-011594.
Title: Sea-Land/Dole Space Charter Agreement.
Parties:
Sea-Land Service, Inc.
Dole Ocean Liner Express
Synopsis: The proposed Agreement permits the parties to charter
space to each other, and to engage in related activities, including
providing terminal services to each other, interchanging containers and
related equipment, and agreeing on sailing schedules, in the trade
between United States Atlantic and Gulf ports and ports in Puerto Rico,
and U.S inland and coastal points served via such ports, on the one
hand, and, on the other hand, ports in Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica,
Nicaragua, and El Salvador, and inland and coastal points via such
ports.
Agreement No.: 224-201041.
Title: Port of New Orleans/International Shipholding Corp. Terminal
Agreement.
Parties:
Port of New Orleans
International Shipholding Corporation
Synopsis: The proposed Agreement establishes dockage rates for LASH
mother vessels owned and/or operated by Waterman Steamship Corporation,
Central Gulf Lines, Inc., and Forest Lines, Inc. The term of the
Agreement continues until September 30, 1998. This Agreement supersedes
Agreement No. 224-200852.
Dated: November 20, 1997.
By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-30908 Filed 11-24-97; 8:45 am]
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