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,

NW., 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.: 202-008090-041.

Title: Mediterranean North Pacific Coast Freight Conference.

Parties:

Med Pacific Express

Zim Israel Navigation Co., Ltd.

Synopsis: The proposed amendment would permit the parties to

discuss and agree, with voluntary adherence, on rates to be charged for

the carriage of open tariff items and would reduce the independent

action notice period applicable to direct vessel calls at San Francisco

and Oakland from ten calendar days to two business days. It would also

permit members that provide direct vessel service to Portland, Oregon,

or serve Seattle via Portland to offer individual service contracts for

those ports.

Agreement No.: 202-011375-034.

Title: Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (``TACA'').

Parties:

Atlantic Container Line AB

Cho Yang Shipping Co., Ltd.

DSR-Senator Lines

Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.

Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH

Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.

Mediterranean Shipping Co., S.A.

A.P. Moller-Maersk Line

Orient Overseas Container Line (UK) Ltd.

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.

Nippon Yusen Kaisha

POL-Atlantic

P&O Nedlloyd B.V.

P&O Nedlloyd Limited

Sea-Land Service, Inc.

Tecomar S.A. de C.V.

Transportation Maritima Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.

Synopsis: The proposed modification (1) authorizes the parties to

consider and act upon proposals and recommendations of the Equipment

Interchange Discussion Agreement (FMC No. 202-011284), and (2) deletes

expiration dates attached to exceptions to service contract through

rate and assessorial charge guidelines applicable to shipments to and

from the territory of the former Soviet Union.

Agreement No.: 232-011521-004.

Title: Hanjin/Tricon Far East Services Slot Charter Agreement.

Parties:

Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.

Cho Yang Shipping Co. Ltd.

DSR-Senator Lines GmbH

Synopsis: The proposed amendment expands the geographic scope of

the Agreement to include ports in Europe, the Middle East, Asia,

Canada, and Central America. It also changes the name of the Agreement

to the Hanjin/Tricon Slot Charter Agreement.

Agreement No.: 232-011519-003.

Title: Tricon/Hanjin Transpacific Agreement.

Parties:

Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.

Cho Yang Shipping Co. Ltd.

DSR-Senator Lines

Synopsis: The proposed amendment expands the geographic scope of

the Agreement to include ports in Europe, the Middle East, Asia,

Canada, and Central America. It changes the name of the Agreement to

the Tricon/Hanjin Agreement and replaces and supersedes Agreements No.

232-011475 (the Hanjin/Tricon Agreement) and 232-011501 (the Hanjin/

Tricon Panama Agreement).

Agreement No.: 207-011586-001.

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

Agreement.

Parties:

Transroll Navegacao, S.A.

NPR Holding Corporation

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement reflects Transroll Navegacao's

assignment of its rights and obligations under the Agreement to

Transroll Maritime Services, Ltd., a newly created Liberian subsidiary.

Agreement No.: 202-011587-001.

Title: United States South Europe Conference.

Parties:

A. P. Moller-Maersk Line

P&O Nedlloyd B.V.

P&O Nedlloyd Limited

Sea-Land Service, Inc.

Synopsis: The proposed amendment would permit the parties to apply

surcharges to service contracts at the level set in the Agreement

tariff or at some higher level at the time the contract is signed and

it would permit them to deviate from their tariff with regard to

currency and bunker fuel surcharge amounts on such items.

Agreement No.: 232-011594.

Title: Sea-Land/Dole Space Charter Agreement.

Parties:

Sea-Land Service, Inc.

Dole Ocean Liner Express

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement permits the parties to charter

space to each other, and to engage in related activities, including

providing terminal services to each other, interchanging containers and

related equipment, and agreeing on sailing schedules, in the trade

between United States Atlantic and Gulf ports and ports in Puerto Rico,

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

hand, and, on the other hand, ports in Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica,

Nicaragua, and El Salvador, and inland and coastal points via such

ports.

Agreement No.: 224-201041.

Title: Port of New Orleans/International Shipholding Corp. Terminal

Agreement.

Parties:

Port of New Orleans

International Shipholding Corporation

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement establishes dockage rates for LASH

mother vessels owned and/or operated by Waterman Steamship Corporation,

Central Gulf Lines, Inc., and Forest Lines, Inc. The term of the

Agreement continues until September 30, 1998. This Agreement supersedes

Agreement No. 224-200852.

Dated: November 20, 1997.

By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97-30908 Filed 11-24-97; 8:45 am]

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