Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72314-72315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34723]


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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, 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.: 202-000050-067.
    Title: United States/Australia New Zealand Association.
    Parties: Australia-New Zealand Direct Line, P&O Nedlloyd Limited, 
Columbus Line.
    Synopsis: The proposed agreement amendment provides that new 
agreement members, with pre-existing service contracts within the 
agreement scope in which agreement members are not permitted to 
participate, will not be permitted to participate in existing agreement 
contracts at the time of their admission.

    Agreement No.: 202-009648-106.
    Title: Inter-American Freight Conference.
    Parties: Crowley American Transport, Inc., Ivaran Lines Limited, 
Libra Navegacao SA, Alianca Transportes Maritimos S.A., Columbus Line, 
Mexican Line Limited, APL Co. Pte Ltd., P&O Nedlloyd B.V.
    Synopsis: The proposed agreement amendment restates the agreement; 
authorizes the use of a trade name, East Coast of South America 
Agreement; eliminates the port of Manaus from the geographic scope of 
the conference; eliminates the sections of the conference; eliminates 
the restriction on chartering space from non-members; authorizes 
individual or multi-carrier service contracts; reduces the notice 
period for independent action to 24 hours, and provides for assignment 
of existing conference contracts to the Agreement. The parties request 
expedited review.

    Agreement No.: 203-011517-004.
    Title: APL/Crowley/Ivaran Space Charter and Sailing Agreement.
    Parties: American President Lines, Ltd., APL Co. PTE Ltd., Crowley 
American Transport, Inc., Ivaran Lines, Limited.
    Synopsis: The proposed agreement amendment adds Ivaran Lines as a 
party, revises the number and capacity of vessels and amount of space 
to be used under the agreement, clarifies the parties' understanding 
regarding conference membership, extends the term of the agreement, 
revises the agreement's termination provisions, and makes other changes 
consistent with the addition of Ivaran.

    Agreement No.: 232-011646.
    Title: CSAV/NYK Space Charter Agreement.
    Parties: Compania Sud Americana de Vapores, Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
    Synopsis: The proposed agreement authorizes the parties to cross 
charter space and coordinate sailings in the trade between U.S. West 
Coast ports and ports in Asia, West Coasts of Central and South 
America, and Mexico.

    Agreement No.: 217-011467.
    Title: AMPAC/Lauritzen Space Charter Agreement.
    Parties: Mexican Line limited, Transportacion Maritima 
Grancolombiana, S.A., Columbus Line, Maruba S.C.A., Lauritzen Reefers 
A/S dba Lauritzen Pacific Line.
    Synopsis: The proposed agreement authorizes Mexican Line, TMG, 
Columbus Line, and Maruba, collectively operating under FMC Agreement 
No. 232-011637, to charter space on their vessels to Lauritzen in the 
trade between U.S. Pacific Coast ports and ports on Pacific Coasts of 
Central and South America, Mexico and Canada.


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    By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.

    Dated: December 28, 1998.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-34723 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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