Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

The Federal Maritime Commission hereby gives notice of the filing

of the following agreement(s) pursuant to section 5 of the Shipping Act

of 1984.

Interested parties may inspect and obtain a copy of each agreement

at the Washington, D.C. Office of the Federal Maritime Commission, 800

North Capitol Street, N.W., 9th Floor. Interested parties may submit

comments on each agreement to the Secretary, Federal Maritime

Commission, Washington, D.C. 20573, within 10 days after the date of

the Federal Register in which this notice appears. The requirements for

comments are found in section 572.603 of Title 46 the Code of Federal

Regulations. Interested persons should consult this section before

communicating with the Commission regarding a pending agreement.

Agreement No.: 202-009831-016.

Title: New Zealand/United States Containerline Association.

Parties:

Australia-New Zealand Direct Line

Blue Star (North America) Ltd.

Columbus Line

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement revises Article 5.2 to provide

that the parties have the authority under the Agreement to charter

space to and from each other. The Agreement also modifies the voting

procedures with respect to service contracts and time-volume rates.

Agreement No.: 207-011280-001.

Title: Star West Joint Service Agreement.

Parties:

Blue Star Line, Ltd.

Overseas Freezer Operations GmbH

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement expands the geographic scope of

the Agreement to include ports in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

The parties have requested a shortened review period.

Agreement No.: 202-011497-001.

Title: Australia/United States Containerline Association.

Parties:

Australia-New Zealand Direct Line

Blue Star (North America) Ltd.

Columbus Line

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement revises Article 5.2 to provide

that the parties have the authority under the Agreement to charter

space to and from each other. The Agreement also modifies the voting

procedures with respect to service contracts and time-volume rates.

Agreement No.: 203-011467-001.

Title: APL/MOL/NLL/OOCL Asia Atlantic Alliance Agreement.

Parties:

American President Lines, Ltd.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

Nedlloyd Lines B.V.

Orient Overseas Container Line, Inc.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement revises the geographic scope of

the Agreement to include the countries of Indonesia and the Philippines

in the definition of the ``Far East''. It also clarifies that the

Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands will be served by feeder service.

Agreement No.: 203-011523.

Title: Wallenius Lines/HUAL Space Charter Agreement.

Parties:

Wallenius Lines AB.

Hoegh Ugland Auto Liners A/S

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement authorizes the parties to agree

upon the terms and conditions by which the parties may charter space to

each other on vessels operated by each of them in the trade from United

States Atlantic Coast ports and points served via those ports, on the

one hand, to ports in Europe, the United Kingdom and the Republic of

Ireland and points served via those ports, on the other hand. The

parties may also, but are not required to, discuss and agree upon

rates, rules, and conditions of service in the trade but are not

required to adhere to any such agreed matters except on a voluntary

basis.

Agreement No.: 203-011524.

Title: Star/Seatrade Cooperative Working Agreement.

Parties:

Star West Joint Service

Seatrade Group N.V.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement permits the parties to charter

vessels from one another, rationalize sailings, discuss and agree upon

rates, charges, classifications, rules, practices, terms of service

contracts, and other matters of mutual concern in the trade from United

States ports and points to ports and points in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and

Hong Kong. Adherence to any agreement reached is voluntary.

Agreement No.: 203-011525.

Title: Navieras/Tropical Caribbean Basin Agreement.

Parties:

NPR, Inc. (``Navieras'')

Tropical Shipping & Construction Co., Ltd. (``Tropical'')

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement authorizes the parties to charter

space and vessels to and from one another, to rationalize sailings, and

to establish a joint service in the trade to and from the Dominican

Republic in which they will retain their separate identity but pool

revenues and expenses. The parties may also, on a voluntary and non-

binding basis, discuss and agree upon rates, rate policy, service items

and any terms and conditions of tariffs and service contracts in the

trade: (a) Between ports and points on the United States Atlantic and

Gulf Coasts, on the one hand, and ports and points in Mexico, Central

America, the North Coast of South America and the Caribbean, on the

other hand, and (b) between ports and points in Puerto Rico and the

U.S. Virgin Islands, on the one hand, and ports and points in Mexico,

Central America, the

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North Coast of South America and the Caribbean, on the other hand. The

parties have requested a shortened review period.

Agreement No.: 232-011526.

Title: Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd./Hoegh-Ugland Auto Liners A/S Space

Charter Agreement.

Parties:

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

Hoegh-Ugland Auto Liners A/S

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement authorizes the parties to charter

space to and from each other in amounts and upon terms as they may from

time to time agree upon, and to rationalize sailings in the trade from

ports in the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts, on the one hand,

to ports in the United Kingdom and Northern Europe (Bordeaux to

Wallhann range), on the other hand. The parties have requested a

shortened review period.

Agreement No.: 224-200968.

Title: Port of Oakland/South Pacific Container Line Inc. Terminal

Agreement.

Parties:

Port of Oakland (``Port'')

South Pacific Container Line, Inc. (``SPCL'')

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement permits SPCL the non-exclusive

rights to certain premises at the Port's Charles P. Howard Terminal.

Subject to Agreement provisions, SPCL will pay to the Port eighty

percent of dockage tariff charges and seventy percent of wharfage

tariff charges.

Dated: January 18, 1996.

By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96-918 Filed 1-23-96; 8:45 am]

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