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the Caribbean, the North Coast of South America, and the East 
Coast of Central America and Mexico. 
D. Far Eastern Shipping Company doing business as FESCO 
Line, FESCO Pacific Lines, and FESCO Straits Pacific Line. This 
Company serves U.S. Pacific Coast ports and ports in the Far 
East including the USSR, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, the Philip- 
pines, Malaysia, IndoneSia, Thailand and Singapore. An agreement 
between FESCO and Lykes Bros. Steamship Company has been 
submitted for Commission approval; this relates to a service 
between U.S. Gulf Coast ports and Far East ports. 
CONFERENCES AND AGREEMENTS 
The Soviets currently belong to two rate agreements (9427 and 
9552) in the North Atlantic Continental trades (Antwerp/Hamburg 
range), through which they are to some extent able to reach agree- 
ment on rates with the respective eastbound and westbound con- 
ferences in this trade and also with three other rate agreement mem- 
bers; Polish Ocean Line, Finnline, and New England Express Line. 
These agreements provide for the right of independent action. One 
Soviet line is a member of two conferences operating between U.S. 
Great Lakes ports and ports in the Mediterranean sea. 
The following is a listing of those agreements to which Soviet car- 
riers belong. The Soviet carriers are the Black Sea Steamship Com- 
pany or Black Sea Canada Line, Baltic Shipping Company, and the 
Far Eastern Shipping Company. 
8260 Mediterranean-U.S.A. Great Lakes Westbound Freight Con- 
ference. 
Trade: From Mediterranean, Black Sea and Atlantic ports of 
Morocco, Spain and Portugal; to U.S. Great Lakes and St. 
Lawrence River ports west of Montreal. 
Members: Black Sea Canada Line, San Rocco Line, Yugoslav 
Great Lakes Line, and Lykes Bros. Steamship Company, Inc. 
9000 American Great Lakes-Mediterranean Eastbound Freight Con- 
ference. 
Trade: From U.S. Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River ports 
of the U.S.; to Atlantic ports on the Iberian Peninsula, European, 
Asian and African ports on the Mediterranean (including Black 
Sea ports) and Atlantic Coast African ports including but not 
south of Casablanca. 
Members: Black Sea Canada Line, San Rocco Line and Yu- 
goslav Great Lakes Line. 
9020 Medchi Freight Pool Agreement. 
Trade: From Mediterranean, Black Sea ports and Atlantic ports 
of Morocco, Spain and Portugal; to U.S. Great Lakes and St. 
Lawrence River ports west of Montreal. 
Members: Black Sea Canada Line, Yugoslav Great Lakes Line 
and Zim Israel Navigation Co. 
(Pool operation was suspended on February 28, 1973) 
9427 Germany-North Atlantic Ports Rate Agreement. 
Trade: From the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands 
and Belgium; to U.S. North Atlantic ports in the Hampton Roads- 
Portland, Maine range. 
