97-5012. Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9189-9190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5012]


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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

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North Capitol Street, N.W., 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.: 202-010689-064.
    Title: Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement.
    Parties: American President Lines, Ltd.; Hapag-Lloyd Container 
Linie GmbH; Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.; A.P. Moller-Maersk Line; 
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.; P&O Nedlloyd B.V.; P&O Nedlloyd Limited; 
Neptune Orient Container Line, Inc.; Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Ltd.; Orient 
Overseas Container Lin, Inc.; Sea-Land Service, Inc.
    Synopsis: The proposed amendment would permit the parties to caucus 
and reach informal consensual agreements before or during the course of 
formal Agreement meetings for the purpose of reaching or presenting 
common positions with regard to matters brought up before the 
Agreement's membership.

    Agreement No.: 202-011456-020.
    Title: South Europe American Conference.
    Parties: DSR-Senator Lines GmbH; Evergreen Marine Corporation 
(Taiwan) Ltd.; Italia di Navigazione, S.p.A.; A.P. Moller-Maersk Line; 
P&O Nedlloyd B.V.; P&O Nedlloyd Limited; Sea-Land Service, Inc.; Zim 
Israel Navigation Company, Ltd.; Contship Container Lines Ltd.; Lykes 
Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.; Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, S.A. de 
C.V.; Tecomar S.A. de C.V.
    Synopsis: The proposed amendment would permit the parties to caucus 
and reach informal consensual agreements before or during the course of 
formal Agreement meetings for the purpose of reaching or presenting 
common positions with regard to matters brought up before the 
Agreement's membership.

    Agreement No.: 232-011567.
    Title: Iceland Steamship/Samskip Slot Charter Agreement.
    Parties: Iceland Steamship Company Ltd. (``ISC''); Samskip hf. 
(``Samskip'').
    Synopsis: The proposed Agreement would permit Samskip to charter 
space aboard ISC's vessels in the trade between North Atlantic ports of 
the United States and Reykjavik, Iceland. The parties would also be 
permitted to agree upon ISC's schedule of port calls in the Agreement 
trade.

    Dated: February 25, 1997.

    By order of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-5012 Filed 2-27-97; 8:45 am]
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