[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8233-8235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3444]



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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No 94-20]


Cancellation of Tariffs for Failure To Comply With Automated 
Tariff Filing and Information System (``ATFI'') Filing Requirements

    By Order published in the Federal Register (59 F.R. 52165) on 
October 14, 1994, (``October Order''), the Commission directed 243 
carriers, conferences and marine terminal operators to show cause why 
the Commission should not cancel their tariffs or essential terms 
publications on file in paper format. The parties named as respondents 
to his proceeding had failed to cancel their essential terms 
publication and/or failed to convert their tariffs to ATFI format. This 
action was taken pursuant to section 8 of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46 
U.S.C. app Sec. 1707, the Commission's regulations implementing ATFI at 
46 C.F.R. Part 514, and Supplemental Reports Nos. 2, 3 and 4\1\ issued 
in Docket No. 90-23, Notice of Inquiry on Ocean Freight Tariffs in 
Foreign and Domestic Offshore Commerce (Automated Tariff Filing and 
Information System).

    \1\Supplemental Report No. 2, served August 4, 1992; 
Supplemental Report No. 3 (57 Fed. Reg. 59,999) and Supplemental 
Report No. 4 (58 Fed. Reg. 31,522) advised carriers that failure to 
convert tariffs to ATFI format by the scheduled filing dates would 
subject them to show cause proceedings.
    Moreover, section 502(b)(1) of Public Law 102-582 (``P.L. 102-
582'') requires all tariffs and essential terms of service contracts 
filed with the Commission to be in electronic format.
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    Written responses were received from or on behalf of 45 parties. 
The responses of 24 carriers, conferences or marine terminal operators 
requested that the tariffs or essential terms publications subject to 
the October Order be cancelled or stated that cancellations had been 
issued.\2\ The responses of 13 [[Page 8234]] carriers and marine 
terminal operators stated that ATFI tariffs had been filed prior to the 
issuance of the October Order.\3\ Commission records conform that ATFI 
tariffs are now on file for these parties. Nine other carriers and 
marine terminal operators filed ATFI tariffs subsequent to the issuance 
of the October Order.\4\ Five respondents cancelled their tariffs 
without otherwise submitting written responses in this proceeding.\5\ 
One carrier's tariff was cancelled for failure to maintain active 
evidence of non-vessel-operating common carrier financial 
responsibility.\6\ These carriers, conferences and marine terminal 
operators will be dismissed from this proceeding.

    \2\These are: ADM/Growmark River System, Inc.; American Africa 
Europe Line GmBH; Australia-Eastern U.S.A. Shipping Conference; 
Baltimore Forest Products Terminals, Concorde Line Central American 
Service; Continental North Atlantic Westbound Freight Conference; 
Cool Carriers (Svenska) AB; D.B. Turkish Cargo Lines; Dole fresh 
Fruit Company which has been renamed Dole Ocean Liner Express; 
Gateways International, Inc.; Hapag-Lloyd, A.G.; Lauritzen Reefers 
A./S; Mares Transport; Navieros Interamericanos, S.A.; Mobile River 
Terminal Company; Nissui Shipping Corporation; North Atlantic 
Westbound Freight Association; Pacific Ocean Express, Inc; 
Scandinavia Baltic U.S. North Atlantic Freight Conference; South and 
East Africa/USA Conference; Southern Freight Tariff Bureau; Traffic 
Executive Assoc.--Eastern Railroad; United Arab Shipping Company 
(S.A.G.); and Wolfgang Jobmann GmBH.
    \3\These are: Air & Sea Inc.; Ben Federico Freight Consolidator, 
Inc.; Container Management, Inc.; Dorick Navigation, S.A.; Inter-
Shipping Chartering Co.; Island Shipping and Trading Ltd.; Jackson 
Shipping, Inc.; Portuguese American Export Line, Inc.; Sea-Barge 
Inc.; Sunshine Express Line Inc.; Top Freight Systems, Inc,.; 
Universal Alco Ltd.; and Y II Shipping Company Limited.
    \4\These are: Alaska Cargo Transport, Inc.; Centroline, Inc.; 
Imex Shipping Group, Inc.; Jacksonville Caribbean Broker Services, 
Inc.; Omega Shipping (CA), Inc.; Savannah Sound Maritime Company 
Limited; Sesko Marine Trailers, Inc.; Tientsin Marine Shipping 
Company and Westvaco Corporation.
    \5\These are: Midwest Machinery Movers, Inc.; Trans-Atlantic 
American Flag Liner Operators; Seth Shipping Corp.; Southern Oceans 
Container Line Limited; and Compagnie Maritime Marfret.
    \6\This is: Frata Container Lines Pte. Ltd.
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    Other responses to the October Order merely provided further 
information but did not cancel their paper-format tariffs or essential 
terms. Distribution Publications, Inc. responded on behalf of Parr 
Terminal Railroad and stated that this firm is not a marine terminal 
operator subject to the Commission's tariff filing requirements and 
that the tariff had been filed for informational purposes only.
    South Europe American Conference Responded on behalf of the Greece 
Westbound Conference stating that it believed the October Order 
referred to the Greece/USA Rate Agreement which had been disbanded. 
This does not appear to be correct. The Commission has on file an 
essential terms publication published on behalf of Agreement No. 202-
009238, the assigned agreement number for the Greece Westbound 
Conference.
    Transportaton Services, Inc. named four carriers that it previously 
represented and stated that it believed that these firms are out of 
business.\7\ The name carriers did not otherwise respond to the October 
order.

    \7\These are: Empresa Naviera Santa, S.A.; Guarani Line Limited; 
Principal Lines, Ltd. and Vencaribe, C.A.
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    One response was received from a person maintaining the post office 
box of one of the respondents, Osborne Truck Line, Inc. and stated that 
the respondent is no longer at that address and could not be located. 
Another response was received from a firm stating that it had 
unsuccessfully attempted to forward the October Order to Container 
Express Lines Inc., but was unable to locate its current address.
    None of the carriers, conferences and marine terminal operators 
referred to above have shown good cause why their paper-format tariffs 
or essential terms publications should not be cancelled. Accordingly 
the tariffs published by these carriers will be cancelled.
    The 191 carriers, conferences and marine terminals listed in 
Appendix A that did not respond to the October Order and that did not 
comply with ATFI tariff filing requirements also will have their paper 
tariffs or essential terms publications cancelled.
    The 52 carriers, conferences and maine terminal operators listed in 
Appendix B that have complied with the filing requirements or that have 
cancelled their tariffs will be dismissed from this proceeding.
    Therefore, it is ordered that the paper tariffs or essential terms 
publications for the carriers, conferences or marine terminal operators 
identified in Appendix A to this Order are cancelled effective five 
days from publication of this Order in the Federal Register.
    It is further ordered, that the parties listed in Appendix B to 
this Order are dismissed from this proceeding.

    By the Commission.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.

Appendix A

A/S Dampskibsselskabet Torm
Able Warehousing
Aegis Logistic System, Inc.
Agrex Incorporated
Airport Brokers Corporation
Alliance Navigation Line Inc.
Allied Pickfords U.S.A., Inc.
Amazon Lines Limited
America Russia Turkey Ocean Navigation Shipping Lines
American Automar, Inc.
American Container Transport, Inc.
American Contract Freight Line, Ltd.
American Transport Line, Ltd.
American Transport Lines, Inc.
Anchor Container Services Company
Aremar C.I.F.S.A.
Arpin International Group
Arrowpac, Inc.
Associated Container Transportation (Australia) Limited
Atlantic Land and Improvement Company, The Atlantik Express Linie 
Thien & Heyenga Schiffaharts GmbH & Co.
Australia-Pacific Coast Rate Agreement
B.C.R. Line
Bangladesh Shipping Corporation
CBSL-U.S. Med Line Limited
Bernuth Lines Ltd.
Bim Enterprises, Ltd.
Binkley Company, the
Blue Caribe Line, Ltd.
Blue Star Line Ltd.
Bluefields Marine Ltd.
Boston Docks Services Association
Bulkstar Shipping Corporation
Capital Maritime Terminal
Central America Shippers, Inc.
Central American Container Line
Char Ching Marine Company, Ltd.
Charles, Willmore A.
Chicksaw Terminal Corporation
Chipman Corporation
City Marine Terminal, Inc.
Coastal Stevedoring Company
Columbus River Transportation Center
Companhia De Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro
Compania Trasatlantica Espanola, S.A.
Connecticut Terminal Company, Inc.
Consorcio Naviero Del Occidente, C.A.
Container Express Lines Inc.
Container Services of Washington, Inc.
Container Services, Inc.
Contract Marine Carriers, Inc.
Convoy Intercontinental Container Transport GmbH & Co., KG
Costa Container Lines
Cottman Company, the
Crescent Western Warehouse Company
CSX/Sea-Land Logistics, Inc.
Distribution-Warehousing, Inc.
Empresa Maritima, S.A.--Chile
Empresa Naviera Santa, S.A.
Energy Resources--Imports & Exports, Inc.
Euro-Gulf International, Inc.
Family Islands Shipping Company Ltd.
FEDNAV (USA) Inc.
FEDNAV Lakes Services, Inc.
Flagship Container Line, Inc.
Forward Marine Inc.
Fourchon Int'l Shipping Inc.
Gateway Service Center, Inc.
Gearbulk Container Services
Gearbulk Ltd.
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Godchaux-Henderson Terminal
Great Lakes Transcaribbean Line Limited
Great Western Unifreight System
Greece Westbound Conference
Guarani Line Limited
Gulf & Mexico Shipping Lines, Inc.
Gulf European Freight Association
Gulf Florida Terminal Company
Gulf Motorships, Inc.
H & A Trading Company, Inc.
Hale Shipping Corporation
Heide Warehouse Company
Horizons Shipping and Trading Ltd. Inc.
Hugo Stinnes Schiffahrt GmbH
IML Freight, Inc. [[Page 8235]] 
Inagua Lines Inc.
Incotrans BV
The Inter-American Freight Conference--Pacific Coast Area
Iowa Trader L.P.
Jebsen New Zealand Line
Jet Pac Corporation
Johnson Scanstar
Johnson Shipping Agency, Inc.
Kimberly Navigation Company Ltd.
KKL (Kangaroo Line) Pty., Ltd.
Knik Construction Co., Inc.
Land Link, Ltd.
Lineas Navieras Bolivianas S.A.M. (LINABOL)
Little Rock Terminal Company
Malaysia Pacific Rate Agreement
Manufacturers Export Service, Inc.
Marcella Shipping Company
Maritima Aragua, S.A.
MB Canadian Tropic Line
Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.
MFP St. Elmo and Myrtle Grove Terminal Elevators
Miami International Container Freight Station
Miami Marine Terminal Corporation
Naviera Del Pacifico C.A.
Naviera Lavinel C.A.
Naviera Mercante C.A.
Naviera Neptuno, S.A.
Naviera Universal, S.A. (Uniline)
Naviera Venline C.A.
Nedlloyd Lijnen B.V.
Nexos Line, Inc.
Nichiro Corporation
Northern Shipping Company
Ocean Express Lines, Inc.
Ocean Steamship (Nigeria) Ltd.
Ocean Trading & Marine Terminals S.A.
Osborne Truck Line, Inc.
P.T. Moges Shipping Co. Ltd.
Pacific Commerce Lines Inc.
Pacific Europe Express
Pacific Great Lakes Transport
Pan Caribbean Freight Consolidators, Inc.
Parker Warehouse, Inc.
Parr Terminal Railroad
Pegasus (N.Y.) Inc.
Pier Haulage, Inc.
Pioneer Shipping, Inc.
Port Covington Grain Elevator
Port of Galena Park Corporation
Prairie Maritime Corporation
Principal Lines, Ltd.
Prudential Lines, Inc.
Rainier Overseas Movers, Inc.
Ranvar Corporation
Reserve Elevator Corporation
Rokuchu Marine Corporation
Ryder/PE Nationwide Inc.
S.T.S. Inc.
Salem Marine Terminal Corporation
Salt Lake Container Freight Station
Sea Terminal Inc.
Sea-Alaska Terminal, Inc.
Seaboard Caribe Ltd.
Seaport of Chicago
Sentry Household Shipping, Inc.
Shawneetown, Illinois, Port of
Societe Ivoirienne De Transport Maritime (SITRAM)
Societe Navale Et Commerciale Delmas-Vieljeux and America-Africa 
Europe Line GmbH, Joint Service
South River Terminal Company
Southwest Forest Industries
Southwestern Freight Bureau, Agent
St. Joe Stevedoring Company
St. Lucie Terminal Company, Inc.
Staten Island Operating, Inc.
Stockton Elevators
Stolt Terminals (Chicago) Inc.
Strachan Shipping Company
Sunshine Express Line, Inc.
Superior Assembly & Distribution Center, Inc.
Surinam Navigation Co.
SWF Gulf Coast, Inc.
Sylvan Shipping Company, Inc.
Tampa Bay Shipping Ltd.
Tangi Trans-port, Inc.
Tecomar, S.A.
Thames Shipping, Ltd.
Thriftcargo Florida, Inc.
Trailer Marine Transport Corporation
Trans Caribbean Terminal, Co.
Trans Pacific Freight Conference of Hong Kong
Transocean Marine, Inc.
Tri-Seas Marine Terminal, Inc.
U.S. Atlantic/Italy, France & Spain Freight Conference
United States/Colombia Conference
Unico Shipping Company
United Grain Corporation
Universal Shipping Terminal, Inc.
V.I. Ferries Incorporated
Vencaribe C.A.
Venezuela Transport Line, Incorporated
Victoria Shipping Line, Inc.
Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Westlake Harbor Terminals, Inc.
Zim Isreal Navigation Co., Ltd.

Appendix B

ADM/Growmark River System, Inc.
Air & Sea Inc.
Alaska Cargo Transport, Inc.
America Africa Europe Line GmbH
Australia-Eastern U.S.A. Shipping Conference
Baltimore Forest Products Terminals
Ben Federico Freight Consolidator, Inc.
Gentroline, Inc.
Compagnie Maritime Marfret
Concorde Line Central American Service
Container Management, Inc.
Continental North Atlantic Westbound Freight Conference
Cool Carriers (Svenska) AB
D.B. Turkish Cargo Lines
Dole Fresh Fruit Company
Dorick Navigation, S.A.
Frata Container Liner PTE. LTD.
Gateways International, Inc.
Hapag-Lloyd, A.G.
Imex Shipping Group, Inc.
Inter-Shipping Chartering Co.
Island Shipping and Trading, Inc.
Jackson Shipping, Inc.
Jacksonville Caribbean Broker Services, Inc.
Lauritzen Reefers A/S
Mares Transport
Midwest Machinery Movers, Inc.
Mobile River Terminal Company
Navieros Interamericanos, S.A.
Nissui Shipping Corporation
North Atlantic Westbound Freight Association
Omega Shipping (CA), Inc.
Pacific Ocean Express, Inc.
Portuguese American Export Line, Inc.
Savannah Sound Maritime Company Limited
Scandinavia Baltic U.S. North Atlantic Freight Conference
Sea-Barge, Inc.
Sesko Marine Trailers, Inc.
Seth Shipping Corp.
South and East Africa/USA Conference
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau
Southern Oceans Container Line Limited
Sunshine Express, Inc.
Tientsin Marine Shipping Company
Top Freight Systems, Inc.
Traffic Executive Assoc.--Eastern Railroads
Trans-Atlantic American Flag Liner Operators
United ARAB Shipping Company (S.A.G.)
Universal ALCO LTD.
Westvaco Corporation
Wolfgang Jobmann GmbH
Y II Shipping Company Limited

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