APL LIMITED for APL LIMITED

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to "tonnage tax" as applied by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Subchapter R, Section 1352-1359, pertinent to Liner Shipping. MarAd has been approached to support this issue to the DoTreasury and to IRS.

Foreign entity interest: NOL Liner (Pte.) Ltd., listed on the update page of this report, is a 100-percent owner of APL Limited, which is a 100-percent owner of American President Lines, Ltd. Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. (NOL), listed on the update page of the 2002 Mid-Year Report, is a 100-percent owner of NOL Liner (Pte.) Ltd. Both have interests in the above issues as 100-percent owners. Automar (Bermuda) Ltd., listed on the update page of the 2002 Mid-Year Report, is a sister company of APL Limited that is also 100-percent owned by NOL Liner (Pte.) Ltd. Automar (Bermuda) Ltd. has an interest in the above issues as a 100-percent owner of APL Maritime, Ltd., USA, which manages APLs vessels and is interested in the above issues because they affect those vessels, and as a 100-percent owner of APL Marine Services, Ltd., which is the contractor on the MSP contract covering APL vessels.

Contacted: U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Maritime Administration (MARAD); Defense Logistics Agency; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

H.R. 4005, U.S. Coast Guard re-authorization - supporting House version. U.S.C.G. Navigational and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) Number 01-13.

Foreign entity interest: NOL Liner (Pte.) Ltd., listed on the update page of this report, is a 100-percent owner of APL Limited, which is a 100-percent owner of American President Lines, Ltd. Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. (NOL), listed on the update page of the 2002 Mid-Year Report, is a 100-percent owner of NOL Liner (Pte.) Ltd. Both have interests in the above issues as 100-percent owners. Automar (Bermuda) Ltd., listed on the update page of the 2002 Mid-Year Report, is a sister company of APL Limited that is also 100-percent owned by NOL Liner (Pte.) Ltd. Automar (Bermuda) Ltd. has an interest in the above issues as a 100-percent owner of APL Maritime, Ltd., USA, which manages APLs vessels and is interested in the above issues because they affect those vessels, and as a 100-percent owner of APL Marine Services, Ltd., which is the contractor on the MSP contract covering APL vessels.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Logistics Agency; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Maritime Administration (MARAD)

Bills named: H.R. 4005 (113th)

Defense DEF

Adminiser and maintain Universal Service Contract 07; the Maritime Security Program; Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement; logistics and transportation services for TRANSCOM/DOD, especially "retrograde" cargo leaving the Afghanistan war zone. Lobbying Congress to support the Maritime Security Program.

Foreign entity interest: NOL Liner (Pte.) Ltd., listed on the update page of this report, is a 100-percent owner of APL Limited, which is a 100-percent owner of American President Lines, Ltd. Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. (NOL), listed on the update page of the 2002 Mid-Year Report, is a 100-percent owner of NOL Liner (Pte.) Ltd. Both have interests in the above issues as 100-percent owners. Automar (Bermuda) Ltd., listed on the update page of the 2002 Mid-Year Report, is a sister company of APL Limited that is also 100-percent owned by NOL Liner (Pte.) Ltd. Automar (Bermuda) Ltd. has an interest in the above issues as a 100-percent owner of APL Maritime, Ltd., USA, which manages APLs vessels and is interested in the above issues because they affect those vessels, and as a 100-percent owner of APL Marine Services, Ltd., which is the contractor on the MSP contract covering APL vessels.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense Logistics Agency; Maritime Administration (MARAD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Homeland Security HOM

Development of information technology and regulations pursuant to CBP's new Automated Commercial Environment. Automated Export Manifest, and In-Bond. Endeavor to replace paper documents with automated reporting for all cargo-related transportation border reporting.

Foreign entity interest: NOL Liner (Pte.) Ltd., listed on the update page of this report, is a 100-percent owner of APL Limited, which is a 100-percent owner of American President Lines, Ltd. Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. (NOL), listed on the update page of the 2002 Mid-Year Report, is a 100-percent owner of NOL Liner (Pte.) Ltd. Both have interests in the above issues as 100-percent owners. Automar (Bermuda) Ltd., listed on the update page of the 2002 Mid-Year Report, is a sister company of APL Limited that is also 100-percent owned by NOL Liner (Pte.) Ltd. Automar (Bermuda) Ltd. has an interest in the above issues as a 100-percent owner of APL Maritime, Ltd., USA, which manages APLs vessels and is interested in the above issues because they affect those vessels, and as a 100-percent owner of APL Marine Services, Ltd., which is the contractor on the MSP contract covering APL vessels.

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Maritime Administration (MARAD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense Logistics Agency; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)