[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2159-2160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-920]


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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.: 203-011560
Title: The TransAtlantic Bridge Agreement
Parties:
    The COSCO/KL TransAtlantic Vessel Sharing Agreement (FMC Agreement 
No. 232-011561)
    The KL/YM TransAtlantic Vessel Sharing Agreement (FMC Agreement No. 
232-011562)
Synopsis: The proposed Agreement would permit the parties and their 
individual signatories to consult and agree on all matters within the 
scope of the two vessel sharing agreements, including, but not limited 
to: coordination of sailings, reciprocal space chartering, sub-
chartering, vessel particulars, efficient use of equipment, terminals, 
stevedores, ports and suppliers, documentation, and systems in the 
trade between United States Ports in the Eastport, Maine/Brownsville, 
Texas, range, and inland U.S. points via such ports, and ports in North 
Europe in the Hamburg/Gibraltar range, the United Kingdom, and 
Scandinavia, and inland points in Europe via those ports.

Agreement No.: 232-011561
Title: The COSCO/KL TransAtlantic Vessel Sharing Agreement
Parties:
    China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (``COSCO'')
    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (``KL'')
Synopsis: The proposed Agreement would permit the parties to coordinate 
their container liner vessel operations and to charter space to one 
another in the trade between United States Ports in the Eastport, 
Maine/Brownsville, Texas, range, and inland U.S. points via such ports, 
and ports in North Europe in the Hamburg/Gibraltar range, the United 
Kingdom, and Scandinavia, and inland points in Europe via those ports. 
Subchartering of space to Yangming Marine Transport Corporation by KL 
of slots aboard COSCO vessels is also authorized.

Agreement No.: 232-011562
Title: The KL/YM TransAtlantic Vessel Sharing Agreement
Parties:
    Yangming Transportation Corporation (``YM'')
    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (``KL'')
Synopsis: The proposed Agreement would permit the parties to coordinate 
their container liner vessel operations and to charter space to one 
another in the trade between United States Ports in the Eastport, 
Maine/Brownsville, Texas, range, and inland U.S. points via such ports, 
and ports in North Europe in the Hamburg/Gibraltar range, the United 
Kingdom, and Scandinavia, and inland points in Europe via those ports. 
Subchartering of space to China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company by KL of 
slots aboard YM vessels is also authorized.

Agreement No.: 217-011563
Title: The NOL/HMM Space Charter Agreement
Parties:
    Neptume Orient Lines, Ltd.
    Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.
Synopsis: The subject agreement authorizes Hyundai to charter vessel 
space to NOL in the trade between all ports in the Far East and South 
East Asia, on the one hand, and all ports on the U.S. Pacific Coast, 
including Alaska, on the other, and all inland and coastal points 
served via those ports.

Agreement No.: 224-003038-004
Title : Supplemental Agreement Between Port of Oakland and American 
President Lines, Ltd.
Parties:
    Port of Oakland
    American President Lines, Ltd.
Synopsis: The subject modification amends the wharfage charges for a 
secondary user at the Port's Middle Harbor Terminal Area assigned to 
APL and clarifies the definition of primary and secondary users under 
the terms of the agreement


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    Dated: January 9, 1997.

    By order of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-920 Filed 1-14-97; 8:45 am]
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