3rd Quarter - Amendment

APL LIMITED for APL LIMITED

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$90,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
3rd Quarter - Report Oct 28, 2014 $90,000 Replaced
3rd Quarter - Amendment (this page) Dec 16, 2014 $90,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Homeland Security HOM

Development of information technology and regulations pursuant to CBP's new Automated Commercial Environment. Automated Export Manifest, 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 the 2014 amended Second Quarter 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.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIM PERRY —

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

Defense DEF

Administer 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 Afghanistan war zone. Lobbying Congress to support the Maritime Security Program.

Foreign entity interest: NOL Liner (Pte.) Ltd, listed on the update page of the 2014 amended Second Quarter 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.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ERIC MENSING —
TIM PERRY —

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

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 Treasury and to IRS.

Foreign entity interest: NOL Liner (Pte.) Ltd, listed on the update page of the 2014 amended Second Quarter 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.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ERIC MENSING —
TIM PERRY —

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

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 the 2014 amended Second Quarter 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.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ERIC MENSING —
TIM PERRY —

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

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

Foreign entities

Foreign owners and affiliates the filer disclosed. Amounts are as declared on this filing.

EntityCountryPrincipal place of businessOwnershipContribution declared
NOL LINER (PTE.) LTD. Singapore Singapore 100.0% —

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.