Federal Maritime Commission

The document or documents listed below reflect the complete agreement as amended through the indicated amendment number, ordered in reverse chronological order starting with the current amendment. Amendments listed with MC are marked copies of the specific changes made by that particular amendment. Each amendment indicates the date on which it was filed, the date it became effective, and a brief synopsis of the purpose of the amendment.

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Synopsis: The Agreement authorizes the parties to discuss and reach voluntary agreement on rates and conditions of service in the trade between the United States and ports in Central America.

Most Recent Filing	Date Filed	Effective Date	Synopsis
011075-080 011075-080-MC	2/25/2020	4/10/2020	The amendment reinstates language in Article 5.01 that was inadvertently omitted from a previous amendment.
011075-079 011075-079-MC	9/17/2018	11/1/2018	The amendment removes Dole Ocean Cargo Express, Inc. as a party to the Agreement and replaces it with Dole Ocean Cargo Express, LLC.
011075-078 011075-078-MC	12/11/2017	1/25/2018	The amendment adds Great White Fleet Corp. as a party to the Agreement. Great White Fleet Corp. and Great White Fleet Liner Services Ltd. will act as a single party to the Agreement.
011075-077 011075-077-MC	7/29/2016	7/29/2016	The amendment corrects the address of Great White Fleet Liner Service, Ltd.
011075-076 011075-076-MC	9/10/2012	9/10/2012	The amendment corrects the address of Great White Fleet Liner Service, Ltd.
011075-075 011075-075-MC	8/31/2012	8/31/2012	The amendment deletes APL Co. PTE Ltd. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-074 011075-074-MC	3/6/2012	3/6/2012	The amendment changes the name of Great White Fleet to Great White Fleet Liner Service, Ltd.
011075-073 011075-073-MC	4/14/2010	5/29/2010	The amendment adds the Dominican Republic and Haiti to the geographic scope of the Agreement.
011075-072 011075-072-MC	2/5/2009	3/1/2009	The amendment replaces Crowley Liner Services, Inc. with Crowley Latin America Services, LLC.
011075-071 011075-071-MC	12/16/2008	1/30/2009	The amendment adds authority for the parties to enter into contracts with vendors for services, including the collection of charges.
011075-070 011075-070-MC	12/12/2008	1/26/2009	The amendment adds a new section authorizing the exchange of certain trade data including economic forecasts; past, present, and future trade conditions; and revenues, costs, profits and losses.
011075-069 011075-069-MC	9/13/2007	9/13/2007	The amendment deletes Trinity Shipping Line, S.A. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-068	7/22/2005	7/22/2005	The amendment deletes A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S as a party to the Agreement.
011075-067	3/24/2005	5/8/2005	The amendment deletes Lykes Lines Limited, LLC as a party to the agreement effective April 5, 2005, increases the financial guarantees required of the members, adds a new section dealing with responsibility for civil penalties, and makes other technical changes.
011075-066	6/21/2004	6/21/2004	The amendment adds Trinity Shipping Line, S.A. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-065	2/24/2004	2/24/2004	The amendment adds Great White Fleet as a party to the Agreement.
011075-064	10/20/2003	10/20/2003	The amendment adds Lykes Lines Limited, LLC as a party to the Agreement.
011075-063	9/29/2003	9/29/2003	The amendment eliminates the separate geographic sections under the agreement, makes technical corrections to eliminate obsolete or repetitive language, and updates Maersk’s name.
011075-062	1/21/2003	1/21/2003	The amendment adds Dole Ocean Cargo Express as a party to the Agreement.
011075-061	5/2/2002	5/2/2002	The amendment deletes Nordana Line as a party to the Agreement.
011075-060	3/20/2002	3/20/2002	The amendment changes the name of King Ocean Central America, S.A. to King Ocean Services Limited.
011075-059	9/25/2001	9/25/2001	The amendment deletes Caribbean American Lines, S.A. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-058	8/27/2001	8/27/2001	The amendment adds Caribbean American Lines, S.A. as a member of the Central America section of the agreement and combines the slot chartering authority and the reporting requirement into a single section of the agreement. The amendment also clarifies that the slot chartering authority is limited to ad hoc, emergency or interim situations.
011075-057	5/9/2001	5/9/2001	The amendment deletes Concorde Shipping, Inc. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-056	3/14/2001	3/14/2001	The amendment deletes Dole Ocean Cargo Express as a party to the Agreement.
011075-055	1/5/2001	1/5/2001	The amendment deletes Hamburg Sud D/B/A Crowley American Transport as a member of the Panama section and adds Crowley Liner Services Inc. as a member of the Panama section of the Agreement.
011075-054	12/29/2000	12/29/2000	The amendment deletes Crowley Liner Services, Inc. and P&O Nedlloyd Limited as parties to the Agreement.
011075-053	11/6/2000	11/6/2000	The amendment deletes Trinity Shipping Line, S.A. and changes the name of Hamburg Sud.
011075-052	6/14/2000	7/29/2000	The amendment deletes South Pacific Shipping Company, Ltd. as a party and revises the Agreement to clarify the parties' authority with respect to time/volume rates.
011075-051	1/27/2000	3/12/2000	The amendment authorizes the parties, by a vote of unanimous less one, to waive the security deposit requirement for new members. The modification also makes conforming and administrative changes.
011075-050	1/19/2000	1/19/2000	The amendment deletes Lykes Lines Limited, LLC and changes the name of Dole Ocean Liner Express to Dole Ocean Cargo Express.
011075-049	1/11/2000	1/11/2000	The amendment deletes Interocean Lines, Inc., and adds P&O Nedlloyd Limited as a party to the Panama section of the Agreement.
011075-048	11/30/1999	11/30/1999	The amendment changes the name of A.P. Moller-Maersk Line to A.P. Moller-Maersk Sea-Land and makes other non-substantive changes to the Agreement.
011075-047	10/4/1999	10/4/1999	The amendment adds Nordana Line as a party to the Agreement.
011075-046	6/15/1999	7/30/1999	The amendment authorizes the parties to collectively, or any two or more of them to jointly, enter into service contracts and to adopt voluntary guidelines with respect to the terms and procedures relating to their service contracts.
011075-045	6/8/1999	6/8/1999	The amendment adds APL Co. Pte Ltd. and Lykes Lines Limited, LLC as parties to the Agreement.
011075-044	5/19/1999	5/19/1999	The amendment adds Trinity Shipping Line, S.A., Interocean Lines Inc., and South Pacific Shipping Company, Ltd. D/B/A Ecuadorian Line as parties to the Agreement.
011075-043	3/9/1998	4/23/1998	The Amendment revises Article 7(k) of the Agreement to provide that the amount of the required security is $5,000, or one-half of the total estimated operating expenses of the Agreement in the year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the new member joins the Agreement.
011075-042	1/16/1998	1/16/1998	The amendment deletes Global Reefer Carriers Ltd. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-041	10/17/1997	12/23/1997	The amendment renames the existing geographic scope as the Central American Section, adds a Panama Section (between the United States and Panama) and adds a Puerto Rico Section (between Puerto Rico and both Central America and the Caribbean). The modification also adds NPR, Inc. as a party to the Puerto Rico Section, makes administrative changes, and restates the Agreement.
011075-040	9/18/1997	9/18/1997	The amendment makes various non-substantive changes to the Agreement and restates the Agreement.
011075-039	3/31/1997	3/31/1997	The amendment deletes Great White Fleet as a party to the Agreement.
011075-038	1/13/1997	1/13/1997	The amendment deletes Meridian Shipping, Inc., Southeastern Shipping Line, and Tropical Shipping & Constructions Co., Ltd. as parties to the Agreement.
011075-037	1/7/1997	1/7/1997	The amendment deletes Nordana Line, Inc. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-036	8/21/1996	8/21/1996	The amendment deletes Transportes Navieros Ecuatorianos, Thompson Shipping Co., Ltd., and Navieros Interamericanos, S.A. as parties to the Agreement.
011075-035	3/4/1996	3/4/1996	The amendment adds Southeastern Shipping Line as a party to the Agreement.
011075-034	11/20/1995	11/20/1995	The amendment deletes the Latin American Shipping Service Association, and adds its members as individual parties to the Agreement.
011075-033	8/23/1995	8/23/1995	The amendment adds Tropical Shipping & Construction Co., Ltd., as a party to the Agreement.
011075-032	8/7/1995	8/7/1995	The amendment adds King Ocean Central America, S.A., as a party to the Agreement.
011075-031	7/25/1995	7/25/1995	The amendment deletes Sea Barge, Inc., as a party to the Agreement.
011075-030	6/23/1995	6/23/1995	Makes various administrative changes and restates the Agreement.
011075-029	2/10/1995	2/10/1995	The amendment deletes Turbana Corporation as a party to the Agreement.
011075-028	1/23/1995	1/23/1995	The amendment adds Navieros Interamericanos, S.A. as a party to the Agreements.
011075-027	10/18/1994	10/18/1994	The amendment deletes Naviera Consolidada, S.A., as a party to the Agreement.
011075-026	10/3/1994	10/3/1994	The amendment makes various changes to the membership of the Agreement.
011075-025	11/16/1993	11/16/1993	The amendment adds Sea-Barge, Inc., and deletes Empresa Naviera Santa and Promotora de Navigacion, S.A. as parties to the Agreement.
011075-024	3/25/1993	3/25/1993	The amendment adds Turbana Corporation as a party to the Agreement.
011075-023	2/18/1993	2/18/1993	The amendment adds Promotora De Navigacion, S.A.
011075-022	10/28/1992	10/28/1992	The amendment adds Meridian Shipping, Inc. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-021	9/14/1992	9/14/1992	The amendment adds Dole Fresh Fruit as a party to the Agreement.
011075-020	9/10/1992	9/10/1992	The amendment adds Transportes Navieros Ecuatorianos as a party to the Agreement.
011075-019	1/21/1992	2/13/1992	The amendment adds Empresa Naviera Santa as a party to the Agreement.
011075-018	11/29/1991	1/13/1992	The amendment permits the parties to charter space to and from each other and jointly advertise and rationalize service among themselves.
011075-017	10/10/1991	11/24/1991	The amendment deletes Empresa Naviera Santa as a party to the Agreement.
011075-016	9/5/1991	10/3/1991	The amendment adds Network Shipping Ltd. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-015	2/7/1991	3/1/1991	The amendment adds King Ocean Central America, S.A. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-014	1/9/1991	2/5/1991	The amendment adds Great White Fleet, Ltd. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-013	8/23/1990	9/18/1990	The amendment adds Empresa Naviera Santa as a party to the Agreement.
011075-012	6/28/1990	7/23/1990	The amendment deletes Gran Golfo Express as a party to the Agreement, and adds Naviera Consolidada S.A. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-011	4/13/1990	5/17/1990	The amendment adds Nicaragua to the geographic scope of the Agreement.
011075-010	8/31/1989	8/31/1989	The amendment changes the name and address of Maritima Juno, S.A.
011075-009	10/27/1988	12/11/1988	The amendment adds Central Gulf Lines as a party to the Agreement, deletes Marine Bulk Carriers, Inc., and makes other administrative changes to the Agreement.
011075-008	9/19/1988	10/13/1988	The amendment adds Norwegian American Enterprises, Inc. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-007	7/14/1988	8/23/1988	The amendment adds Tropical Shipping and Construction Co., Ltd. as a party to the Agreement.
Not Available	7/14/1988	8/23/1988	The amendment adds Transportes Navieros Equatorianos and Gran Golfo Express as parties to the Agreement.
011075-005	4/6/1988	5/9/1988	The amendment adds Transportes Navieros Equatorianos as a party to the Agreement.
011075-004	9/15/1987	10/7/1987	The amendment adds Maritima Juno as a party to the Agreement.
011075-003	9/1/1987	9/24/1987	The amendment adds Thompson Shipping Co., Ltd. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-002	6/3/1987	6/26/1987	The amendment deletes Ecuadorian Line, Inc. and Flagsip Container Line, Inc. as parties to the Agreement, and adds Marine Bulk Carriers, Inc. as a party to the Agreement.
011075-001	4/1/1987	4/23/1987	The amendment adds Nordana Line, Inc.; Flagship Container Line, Inc.; Concorde Shipping, Inc.; and Nexos Line as parties to the Agreement.
011075	3/3/1987	4/17/1987	The Agreement authorizes the parties to discuss and reach voluntary agreement on rates and conditions of service in the trade between the United States and ports in Central America.