1st Quarter - Report

APL LIMITED for APL LIMITED

Period 1st Quarter 2013 Filed Apr 22, 2013 Signed by John DeCrosta, Director Legislative Affairs

Official filing
Firm
APL LIMITED
Client
APL LIMITED
Income
—
Expenses
$120,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Defense DEF

The administration and maintenance of the following contracts: Universal Service Contract 06; the Maritime Security Program; Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement; provisions of logistics and transportation services in Afghanistan; Negotiations on Universal Service Contract 07

Foreign entity interest: APL (Bermuda) Ltd., listed on "Update Page of 2002 Mid-Year Report", is a 100-percent owner of APL Limited. Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), also listed on that Update Page, is a 100-percent owner of APL (Bermuda) Ltd. Both have interests in the above issues as 100-percent owners. Automar (Bermuda) Ltd., owns 100-percent shares fo APL Maritime Ltd., which manages APL's U.S. Flag vessels, and is interested in the above issues because they affect those vessels.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ERIC MENSING —

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Bureau of the Census; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Other); Maritime Administration (MARAD); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense Logistics Agency; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Preservation of Tonnage Tax provision in U.S. Tax Code

Foreign entity interest: APL (Bermuda) Ltd., listed on "Update Page of 2002 Mid-Year Report", is a 100-percent owner of APL Limited. Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), also listed on that Update Page, is a 100-percent owner of APL (Bermuda) Ltd. Both have interests in the above issues as 100-percent owners. Automar (Bermuda) Ltd., owns 100-percent shares fo APL Maritime Ltd., which manages APL's U.S. Flag vessels, and is interested in the above issues because they affect those vessels.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN DECROSTA —

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Defense Logistics Agency; Maritime Administration (MARAD); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Army, Dept of (Other); Bureau of the Census; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Implementation of Section 3508 of the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013" (P.L. 112-248); creating a USCG forum to discuss "deep draft" fleet issues;

Foreign entity interest: APL (Bermuda) Ltd., listed on "Update Page of 2002 Mid-Year Report", is a 100-percent owner of APL Limited. Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), also listed on that Update Page, is a 100-percent owner of APL (Bermuda) Ltd. Both have interests in the above issues as 100-percent owners. Automar (Bermuda) Ltd., owns 100-percent shares fo APL Maritime Ltd., which manages APL's U.S. Flag vessels, and is interested in the above issues because they affect those vessels.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN DECROSTA —

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Logistics Agency; Bureau of the Census; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Maritime Administration (MARAD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Army, Dept of (Other); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Homeland Security HOM

Customs & Border Protection "In Bond" Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Regulations governing residue in returning containers of international trade; Placement, and replacement, of Radiation Portal Monitors at domestic marine terminals; Implementation of a new manifest system; Trade Support Network automation issues; Automated Export Mainfest development; Development of new cargo and conveyance dispostion codes; Automation of manifest information

Foreign entity interest: APL (Bermuda) Ltd., listed on "Update Page of 2002 Mid-Year Report", is a 100-percent owner of APL Limited. Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), also listed on that Update Page, is a 100-percent owner of APL (Bermuda) Ltd. Both have interests in the above issues as 100-percent owners. Automar (Bermuda) Ltd., owns 100-percent shares fo APL Maritime Ltd., which manages APL's U.S. Flag vessels, and is interested in the above issues because they affect those vessels.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIM PERRY —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Other); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Bureau of the Census; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Maritime Administration (MARAD); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Defense Logistics Agency; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.