1st Quarter - Report

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LLC for AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LLC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$130,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Defense DEF

Maritime Security Program (aka "MSP"). Support MSP authorization and full appropriation for FY2020. No policy changes to authorization while supporting, a) appropriation, and both b1)reauthorization of the program to 2035 and b2) avoiding "fiscal cliff" previously authorized when appropriation decreases for FY2021 $5.2M to FY2022-25 $3.7M. The MSP is administered by the Department of Transportation (Maritime Administration) on behalf of the U.S. Transportation Command.

Foreign entity interest: CMA CGM S.A., a French company (see 2017 LD-1 Registration), owns 100% of Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. (NOL), a Singapore company (see 2017 LD-1), which owns 100% of NOL Liner (Pte.), Ltd., a Singapore company (see 2017 LD-1)), which owns 100% of APL Investments America, LLC (a Delaware company), which owns 100% of registrant American President Lines, LLC. Those companies have interests in these issues. NOL Liner (Pts.), Ltd., also owns 100% of APL Co. Pte Ltd (a Singapore company) (see amended LD-1 filed 1.12.18), and of Automar (Bermuda) Ltd. (see 2017 LD-1) (a Bermuda company), which owns 100% of APL Maritime, Ltd., (a Delaware company), which manages APLs vessels, and 100% of APL Marine Services, Ltd. (a Delaware company), the MSP contractor covering APL vessels; these companies also have interests in these issues.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ERIC MENSING —
TIM PERRY —

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Maritime Administration (MARAD)

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.