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, NW., 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 of the Code of

Federal Regulations. Interested persons should consult this section

before communicating with the Commission regarding a pending agreement.

Agreement No.: 203-011541.

Title: Maersk/Sea-Land Mediterranean Agreement.

Parties A.P. Moller-Maersk Line (``Maersk''); Sea-Land Service,

Inc. (``Sea-Land'').

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement authorizes the parties to charter

vessels to and from each other or from third parties, to charter or

exchange space form or to one another, to discuss and agree on rates on

a voluntary and non-binding basis subject to the terms and conditions

of any conference, rate discussion or other agreement to which the

parties are members , and to provide for related cooperative

arrangements and administrative matters in the Agreement trade between

United States

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ports in the Portland, Maine/Brownsville, Texas range inclusive and

U.S. inland and coastal points served via such ports, and ports on the

Mediterranean and Black Seas, ports on the Atlantic Coast of the

Iberian peninsula, and inland and coastal points served via such

Mediterranean, Black Sea and Atlantic Coast ports. The parties have

requested a shortened review period.

Dated: April 16, 1996.

By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.

[FR Doc. 96-9696 Filed 4-18-96; 8:45 am]

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