Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

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.: 203-011517-002.

Title: APL/Crowley Space Charter and Sailing Agreement.

Parties: American President Lines, Ltd., Crowley American

Transport, Inc.

Synopsis: The proposed amendment would expand the geographic scope

of the Agreement to include service between United States ports and

points in Puerto Rico, and ports and points in the Caribbean Sea,

Mexico, and Central America, and between U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Ports,

and inland points via such ports, and ports and points in the Caribbean

Sea, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The amendment also

revises the number and port rotation of the vessels operated by the

parties in the Agreement trade. The parties have requested a shortened

review period.

Agreement No.: 207-011586.

Title: Transroll Navegacao, S.A./NPR Holding Co. Joint Venture

Agreement.

Parties: Transroll Navegacao, S.A., NPR Holding Corporation.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement creates a new company, Transroll-

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Navieras Express, Inc (d/b/a ``TNX'') that will serve the trade between

ports and points in the United States on the one hand, and ports and

points in Central America, Caribbean, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and

Argentina, on the other hand. The parties have requested a shortened

review period.

Dated: August 14, 1997.

By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97-21976 Filed 8-19-97; 8:45 am]

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