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.: 203-011602.

Title: The Grand Alliance Agreement II.

Parties:

Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH

Nippon Yusen Kaisha

P&O Nedlloyd Limited

P&O Nedlloyd B.V.

Orient Overseas Container Line Inc.

Orient Overseas Container Line (UK) Limited.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement would permit the parties to

charter space among themselves and coordinate their vessel services.

They may also: charter vessels among themselves or from third parties;

agree to other, related cooperative arrangements; and, with voluntary

adherence, agree upon rates, terms, and conditions of service in the

trade between Untied States ports, and inland U.S. points via such

ports, and ports and points in the Far East, the Indian Subcontinent,

North Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Canada, Mexico, and

Panama. The parties have requested a shortened review period.

Agreement No.: 201-200063-016.

Title: NYSA-ILA Assessment Agreement.

Parties:

New York Shipping Association

International Longshoremen Association.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement reduces certain assessment rates

applicable in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Agreement No.: 224-000086-010.

Title: NYSA-ILA Collective Bargaining (Memorandum of Settlement)

Agreement.

Parties:

New York Shipping Association.

The International Longshoremen Association.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement provides the settlement, as

agreed, by the parties on terms of all local conditions under various

NYSA-ILA collective bargaining agreements.

Agreement No.: 224-000083-009.

Title: NYSA-ILA Final Management Agreement.

Parties:

(``Management Associations'')

Carriers Container Council, Inc.

New York Shipping Association, Inc.

Boston Shipping Association, Inc.

Hampton Roads Shipping Association

New Orleans Steamship Association

Philadelphia Marine Trade Association

South Atlantic Employers Negotiating Committee

Southeast Florida Port Employers Association

Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore

West Gulf Maritime Association

(``Management Stevedores'')

Ceres Terminals

Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring

Fairway Terminal Corp.

Maher Terminals

Stevedoring Services of America

Stevens Shipping & Terminal Company

Universal Maritime Service Corp.

The International Longshoremen Association, AFL-CIO, and Its Districts

and Locals

Synopsis: The proposed Amendment is a complete and operative labor

agreement between the parties on all issues relating to the employment

of longshore employees on container and ro-ro vessels and terminals in

all ports from Maine to Texas at which ships of the Carriers Container

Council (CCC)

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and subscribers may call as well as all others.

Agreement No.: 224-201043.

Title: Port of Oakland/Ocean Management, Inc. D/B/A FESCO, Agencies

North America Line (``FESCO'').

Parties: Port of Oakland, Ocean Management, Inc. d/b/a/FESCO

Agencies North America Line.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement provides that FESCO will have

nonexclusive right to certain assigned premises at the Port's Charles

P. Howard Terminal, for berthing, loading and discharging of its

vessels and related liner operations. The term of the Agreement is for

five years.

Dated: December 23, 1997.

By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97-33868 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]

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