Full Volume 19 - Federal Maritime Commission

Application granted
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
SPECIAL DoCKET No 476
RIVIANA FOODS
AND OR HENRY E SULLIVAN
v
SEA LAND SERVICE INC
Adopted September 22 1976
INITIAL DECISION OF JOHN E COGRAVE ADMINISTRATIVE
LAW JUDGE 1
Sea Land Service Inc seeks permission to waive collection of a
portion of the freight charges on eleven shipments of olives carried by
Sea Land from Cadiz Spain to Jacksonville Florida The shipments
weighed 213 950 kilos and moved under Sea Land bills of lading dated
October 16 1975
The rate applicable at the time of the shipments was 94 75 per 1 000
kilos 2 with aggregate freight charges of 20 677 25 as per revised
attachment 6 to the application Sea Land seeks to apply a rate of 8100
per 1 000 kilos3 with an aggregate freight of 17 330 95 4 The application
seeks to waive the collection of 2 999 72
Prior to February 17 1975 Sea Land s rate on olives from Spanish
ports including Cadiz to South Atlantic and Gulf ports including
Jacksonville was 94 75 Effective that date Sea Land published a
reduced rate of 81 00 to meet the competition of Lykes Bros Steamship
Co Inc Lykes rate on olives was 1 450 00 per 20foot containers
which at a loading of 18 tons per container works out to 80 55 per 1 000
kilos 5 Sea Land s intention was to maintain the 8100 rate so long as
I This decision became the decision of the Commission September 22 1976
Sea Land Service Inc Tariff No 1698 PMC 98 Item 6000 13th Revised Page 19 Page 2 of the application
inadvertently states the rate as 94 50
3 Sea Land Service Inc Tariff No 169 8 FMC 98 Item 6000 14th Revised Page 19
A Spanish tax of 2 percent was levied on the ocean freight 346 58 making the total actually collected by Sea
Land 17 677 53
Lykes Bros Olive Freight Tariff No I FMC 49 17th Revised Page 8 On April 19 1976 18th Revised Page No
S changed the rate to 80 00 per 1 000 kilos This rate expires May 31 1976
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