350 
Members: Baltic Shipping Company, Continental-North Atlantic 
Westbound Freight Conference, Finnlines, Ltd., New England Ex- 
press Line and Polish Ocean Lines. 
9552 North Atlantic-West Europe Rate Agreement. 
Trade: From U.S. North Atlantic ports; to ports in West Europe 
(Antwerp/Hamburg range). 
Members: Baltic Shipping Company, Finnlines, Ltd., New En- 
gland Express Line, Polish Ocean Lines and the North Atlantic 
Continental Freight Conference. 
9856 International Passenger Ship Association. 
Trade: Between U.S. and Canadian Atlantic Coast ports, U.S. 
Gulf ports and ports on the St. Lawrence River and Seaway 
and the Great Lakes; and all ports of European, Mediterranean 
Sea and Black Sea countries, also ports of Morocco, Madeira 
and Azores Islands. 
Members: Baltic Shipping Company, Greek Line (JS), Hellenic 
Lines, Ltd., Holland America Line, Home Lines, Inc., Incres Line, 
Italian Line, Norwegian America Line, Polish Ocean Lines, Cie., 
Paquet, Royal Viking Line, Inc., Swedish America Line. 
10112 and 10113 Transshipment Agreements between Baltic 
Shipping Co., and Lykes Bros. Between Lykes’ ports of call in the 
Gulf and Baltic Shipping’s ports of call in the Baltic Sea, with trans- 
shipment at Bremerhaven, Bremen, Hamburg, Rotterdam and Ant- 
werp. 
10114 and 10115 Transshipment Agreements between Black Sea 
Shipping and Lykes Bros. Between Lykes’ ports of call in the Gulf 
and Black Sea Shipping’s ports of call in the Black Sea, with transship- 
ment at Genoa, Leghorn and Istanbul. 
10148 and 10149 Transshipment Agreements between Baltic Steam- 
ship Co., and American Export Lines, Inc. Between the ports of 
call on the Baltic Sea serviced by Baltic Steamship Co., with transship- 
ment at Amsterdam or Bremerhaven or any other port mutually 
satisfactory to both parties. 
The only approved agreement in the Far East trade to which a 
Soviet carrier is a party is the Far East Discussion Agreement (No. 
9981). The Far Eastern Shipping Co., of Vladivostok, was admitted 
to membership in said agreement effective May 9, 1975. There are 
two pending agreements in the aforesaid trade area to which the 
Far Eastern Shipping Co. is a signatory; i.e., Agreement No. 10143, 
a discussion agreement; and Agreement No. 10167, an agency agree- 
ment. 
FAR EAST DISCUSSION AGREEMENT (NO. 9981) 
Agreement No. 9981 was originally approved by the Commission 
on June 20, 1972 and has recently been extended for a third time. 
The subject agreement is comprised of 23 member lines engaged 
in the foreign oceanborne commerce of the United States between 
ports in the Far East and ports in the United States. The purpose 
of the agreement is to exchange information and to cooperate in 
developing information relating to (1) cargo movements and the level 
and frequency of steamship service required by shippers; (2) cost 
* FESCO was admitted to the Far East Conference (Agreement No. 17) on July 16, 1975. 
