99-7671. Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7671]


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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.: 203-011421-014
Title: East Coast of South America Discussion Agreement
Parties:
    The Inter-American Freight Conference and its member lines:
      Crowley American Transport, Inc.
      Ivaran Lines Limited d/b/a as Ivaran Lines
      Libra Navegacao S.A.
      Alianca Transportes Maritimos SA
      Columbus Line
      Mexican Line Limited
      APL Co. Pte Ltd.
      P&O Nedlloyd B.V.
    Pan American Independent Line
    Digregoria de Navegacao
    Zim Israel Navigation Co. Ltd.
    DSR-Senator Line
    A.P. Moller-Maersk Line
    CSAV/Braztrans Joint Service
    Sea-Land Service, Inc.
    Euroatlantic Container Line S.A.
    Mediterranean Shipping Co. S.A.
    Amazon Line Ltd.
Synopsis: The proposed modification would authorize two or more of the 
parties, effective May 1, 1999, to jointly enter into service contracts 
and to establish voluntary service contract guidelines. The 
modification also authorizes the parties to charter space to and from 
members of the Inter-American Freight Conference on an ad hoc basis and 
to discuss the rationalization of vessels and other matters.

Agreement No.: 202-011528-009
Title: Japan/United States Eastbound Freight Conference
Parties:
    American President Lines, Ltd.
    Hapag-Lloyd Container Line GmbH
    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. Ltd.
    A.P. Moller-Maersk Line
    Nippon Yusen Kaisha
    Orient Overseas Container Line, Inc.
    P&O Nedlloyd B.V.
    P&O Nedlloyd Limited
    Sea-Land Service, Inc.
    Wilhelmsen Lines AS
Synopsis: The proposed agreement modification reduces the notice period 
for independent action from ten calendar days to five calendar days, 
revises the conference's service contract provisions to allow for joint 
and individual contracting, and permits the parties to establish 
voluntary guidelines regarding to their joint and individual service 
contracts.

Agreement No.: 217-011658
Title: Delmas/Wilhelmsen Slot Charter Agreement
Parties:
    Delmas America Africa Line
    Wilhelmsen Lines AS
Synopsis: The proposed Agreement authorizes the parties to charter or 
make space and slots available to and from each other in the trade 
between ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, and 
inland and coastal points served via those ports on the one hand, and 
ports in Africa with the range between, and including Senegal and the 
Congo, and inland and coastal points served via those ports on the 
other hand. The parties have requested expedited review.

    Dated: March 24, 1999.

    By order of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Bryant L. VanBrakle,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-7671 Filed 3-29-99; 8:45 am]
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