[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 82 (Thursday, April 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24696-24697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10446]


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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.: 203-011367-017.
    Title: The Colombia Discussion Agreement.
    Parties: Frontier Liner Service; Crowley Liner Services, Inc.; King 
Ocean de Colombia; Crowley American Transport; A.P. Moller-Maersk 
Sealand; Seaboard Marine Ltd.; American

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President Lines, Ltd.; and Crowley America Transport
    Synopsis: The proposed amendment clarifies the authority of the 
parties to adopt voluntary guidelines with respect to the terms and 
procedures of their individual service contracts.
    Agreement No.: 232-0110401-006.
    Title: MLL/Hapag Lloyd Space Charter and Sailing Agreement.
    Parties: Hapag Lloyd Container Linie GmbH; Lykes Lines Limited, 
LLC; and Mexican Line Limited.
    Synopsis: The Agreement is amended to provide that it shall be 
suspended as of the date that the Grand Alliance-Americana Atlantic 
Agreement becomes effective and shall remain suspended during the term 
of the latter agreement.
    Agreement No.: 203-011421-022.
    Title: The East Coast of South America Discussion Agreement.
    Parties: Crowley American Transport; Alianca Transportes Maritimos 
S.A.; Columbus Line; Lykes Lines Ltd., LLC; APL Co. PTE. Ltd.; P&O 
Nedlloyd B.V.; P&O Nedlloyd Limited; Pan American Independent Line; Zim 
Israel Navigation Co., Ltd.; Mediterranean Shipping Co. S.A.; 
Euroatlantic Container Line S.A.; DSR-Senator Line; A.P. Moller-Maersk 
Sealand; Compania Sud Americana de Vapores, S.A.; Evergreen Marine 
Corporation (Taiwan) Limited; Braztrans Transportes Maritimos Limitada; 
and Compania Libra de Navegacao.
    Synopsis: The proposed amendment deletes outdated references within 
the Agreement, clarifies certain of the Agreement's authority 
provisions, and makes other administrative changes to the Agreement 
text.
    Agreement No.: 203-011602-001.
    Title: The Grand Alliance Agreement II.
    Parties: Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmBH; Nippon Yusen Kaisha; 
Orient Overseas Container Line (UK) Ltd.; Orient Overseas Container 
Line, Inc.; P&O NedLloyd B.V.; P&O NedLloyd Limited.
    Synopsis: The parties are amending the agreement to specifically 
allow them to sub-charter space from each other that was originally 
chartered from third-parties.
    Agreement No.: 217-011704.
    Title: NSCSA/Safmarine Space Charter Agreement.
    Parties: National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (``NSCSA''); 
Safmarine Container Lines N.V. (``Safmarine'').
    Synopsis: The agreement permits Safmarine to charter space on NSCSA 
vessels, and allows the parties to coordinate vessel operations and 
cooperate in related arrangements in the trade between the U.S. East 
and Gulf Coast and ports in India, Pakistan, the Arabian Gulf, the Red 
Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
    Agreement No.: 203-011705.
    Title: Grand Alliance-Americana Atlantic Agreement.
    Parties: Hapag-Lloyd Container linie GmBH; Nipon Yusen Kaisha; 
Orient Overseas Container line Limited; Orient Overseas Container Line 
(UK) Limited; Orient Overseas Container Line, Inc.; P&O Nedlloyd 
Limited/P&P Nedlloyd B.V.; Lykes Lines Limited, L.L.C.; and Mexican 
Lines Limited.
    Synopsis: The agreement establishes a space charter and sailing 
agreement between the Grand Alliance Group and the Americana Group in 
the U.S.-North Europe Trades and authorizes activities incidental to 
such charters.

    Dated: April 21, 2000.
    By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Theodore A. Zook,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-10446 Filed 4-26-00; 8:45 am]
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