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Rule 1-A: Scope

Except as otherwise provided this tariff names rules and regulations applying between USA Ports and Points, and Worldwide Ports and Points. Rates to and from World Inland Points apply via Base Port Groups.

1. North East Asia (NEASIA):

Rates apply to and from ports and points in the following countries:

Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Taiwan (Republic of China), and Russia (USSR). Rates to/from inland points apply via the Northeast Asia Base Port Groups, (NEASIABP), defined as:

Hong Kong, HONG KONG; Kobe, Nagoya; Osaka, Tokyo; Yokohmama, JAPAN; Busan, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Dalian, Fuzhou, Shanghai, Shekou, Tianjin, Xiamen (Hsia Men), PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Keelung (Chilung), Kaoshiung; TAIWAN (REPUBLIC OF CHINA); Vostochny, UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

2. Southeast Asia (SEASIA):

Rates apply to/from ports and points in the following countries:

Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam. Rates to/from inland points apply via the Southeast Asia Base Port Group (SEASIABP), defined as follows:

Jakarta, INDONESIA; Port Kelang Penang, MALAYSIA; Cebu, Manila,, PHILIPPINES; Singapore, SINGAPORE; Bangkok, THAILAND

3. South Asia (SOUTHASIA):

Rates apply to/from ports and points in the following countries:

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma (Myanmar), India, Maldives, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka. Rates to/from inland points apply via the South Asia Base ports (SASIABP), defined as:

Chittagong, BANGLADESH; Bombay (Mumbai), Calcutta (Kolkata), Madras (Chennai), INDIA; Karachi, Pakistan; Colombo, SRI LANKA

4. Australia, New Zealand and Oceania (ANZOCEANIA):

Rates apply to/from ports and points in the following countries:

Australia, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Federal States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Johnston Atoll, Kiribati, Pitcairn Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa. Rates to/from inland points apply via the Australia, New Zealand, Oceania Base Port Group (ANZOCEANIABP), defined as:

Adelaide, Brisbane, Freemantle, Melbourne, Sydney, AUSTRALIA; Auckland, Christchurch, Littleton, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND; Suva, FIJI; Pipette, FRENCH POLYNESIA; Noumea, NEW CALEDONIA; Lae, Port Moresby, PAPUA NEW GUINEA; Honiara, SOLOMON ISLANDS; Nukualofa, TONGA; Port Vila, VANUATU; Sepia, WESTERN SAMOA

5. Middle East (MIDEAST):

Rates apply to/from ports and points in the following countries:

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. Rates to/from inland points apply via the Mideast Base Port Group (MIDEASTBP), defined as:

Bahrain, BAHRAIN, Bandar Abbas, Bandare Khomeini, IRAN, Aqaba, JORDAN, Mina Qabus (Muscat), OMAN, Ad Dawhah (Doha), QATAR, Dammam and Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA, Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi), Dubayy (Dubai), Fujeirah, Jabal Ali, (Jebel Ali), UNITED ARAB EMINRATES, Hodeidah, YEMEN

6. Africa (AFRICA):

Rates apply to/from ports and points in the countries shown in the AFRICABP Base Port Group as shown below. Rates also apply to/from all points in the following African countries:

Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Rates to/from inland points in these countries apply via the Africa Base Port Group (AFRICABP), which is defined below. For Rates to North African countries, see the Mediterranean (MED) Country and Base Port Group.

(EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA): Moroni, COMOROS; Djibouti, DJIBOUTI; Mitsiwa, ETHIOPIA; Mombasa, KENYA; Luderitz and Walvis Bay, NAMIBIA; Toamasina and Toliara, MADAGASCAR; Port Louis, MAURITIUS; Beira, Maputo, Nacala MOZAMBIQUE; Mahe, SEYCHELLES; Berbera, Muqdisho (Mogadishu), SOMALIA; Durban, Cape town, SOUTH AFRICA; Bur Sudan (Port Sudan), SUDAN; Dar Es Salaam, Tanga, Zanzibar, TANZANIA

(WEST AFRICA) Lobito, Landana (Luanda), ANGOLA; Cotonou, BENIN; Douala, CAMEROON; Praia, CAPE VERDE ISLANDS; Pointe Noire, CONGO; Libreville, Port Gentil, GABON; Banjul, THE GAMBIA; Accra, Sekondi, Takoradi, Tema, GHANA; Conakry, GUINEA; Bissau, GUINEA BISSAU; Abidjan, Cote' D'Ivoire; Monrovia, LIBERIA; Nouakchott, MAURITANIA; Lagos, Port Harcourt, NIGERIA; Dakar, SENEGAL; Freetown, SIERRA LEONE; Lome, TOGO; Matadi, ZAIRE

7. Mediterranean (MED):

Rates apply to/from ports and points in the following countries:

Andorra, Algeria, Azores Islands (Portugal), Canary Islands (Spain), Cyprus, Egypt, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Madeira (Portugal), Malta, Morocco, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yugoslavia (including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovakia). Rates to/from inland points apply via the Mediterranean Base Ports Group (MEDBP), defined as:

Alger (Algiers) ALGERIA; Ponta Delgada, AZORES (Portugal); Las Palmas, Tenerife, CANARY ISLANDS (Spain); Lemosos (Limassol), CYPRUS; Al Iskandariyah (Alexandria), Bur Sa Id (Port Said), EGYPT; Marseilles, France, Piraievs (Pireaus), Thessaloniki (Salonika), GREECE; Ashdod, Hefa, ISRAEL; Genova (Genoa), Livorno (Leghorn), ITALY; Bayrut (Beirut), LEBANON; Funchal, MADEIRA ISLANDS; (Portugal) Valletta, MALTA; Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier, MOROCCO; Leixoes, Lisboa, Oporto, Portugal Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia, SPAIN; Al Ladhiqiyah (Latakia), SYRIA; Sfax, Tunis, TUNISIA; Mersin, Izmir, Istanbul, TURKEY; Dubrovnik, Koper, Split, YUGOSLAVIA

8. Northern Europe (NEUROPE):

Rates apply to/from ports and points in the following countries:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Faroe Islands (Denmark), Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland (Eire), Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom (including England, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales), and the Former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belorussia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan). Rates to/from inland points apply via the North Europe Base Port Group (NEUROPEBP), defined as:

Antwerp, BELGIUM; Varna, BULGARIA; Aarhus, Copenhagen, DENMARK; Helsinki, Kotka, Turku, FINLAND; Le Havre, France, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, GERMANY; Baile Atha Cliath (Dublin), Cork, Galway, Waterford, IRELAND (EIRE); Amsterdam, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS; Bergen, Oslo, Stavanger, NORWAY; Gdansk, Gdynia, POLAND; Costanta, ROMANIA; Goteborg, Malmo, Stockholm, SWEDEN; Riga, Tallinn, Leningrad (St. Petersburg, Klaipeda, USSR, (UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS); Belfast, Felixstowe, Glasgow, Grangemouth, Liverpool, London, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM

9. North America:

Rates apply to/from ports and points in Canada and Mexico. Rates to/from points in Canada apply via the Canada Base Port Group (CANADABP) as shown below. Rates to/from inland points in Mexico apply via the Mexico Base Ports (MEXICOBP), as shown below:

St. Johns, Newfoundland, CANADA, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, CANADA, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA, Saint John, New Brunswick, CANADA, Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, CANADA Toronto, Ontario, CANADA, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA; Tampico, Veracruz, MEXICO, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Salina Cruz, MEXICO

10. Central America (CAMERICA):

Rates apply to/from ports and points in the following Central American Countries:

Belize, Costa Rico, El Salvador Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Rates to/from inland points apply the Central America Base Port Group (CAMERICABP), defined as:

Belize City, BELIZE, Puerto Limon, COSTA RICA, San Jose, Santo Tomas de Castillo, GUATEMALA, Puerto Henecan, Puerto Cortes, HONDURAS, Corinto, Managua, NICARAGUA, Balboa, Cristobal, Panama City, PANAMA

11. Caribbean Islands (CARIBBEAN):

Rates applies to/from ports and points in the Caribbean Island Countries named in the Caribbean Base Port Group. Rates to/from inland points apply via the Caribbean Base Port Group (CARIBBEANBP), defined as:

St. Johns, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, Oranjestad, ARUBA (Netherlands Antilles) Freeport, Nassau, BAHAMAS, Bridgetown, BARBADOS, Hamilton, BERMUDA, Kralendijk (Bonaire), NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, Tortola, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, Georgetown, CAYMAN ISLANDS, Willemstad, CURACAO (Netherlands Antilles) Roseau, DOMINICA, Santo Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Saint Georges, GRENADA, Pointe a Pitre, GUADELOUPE, Port Au Prince, HAITI, Kingston, Montego Bay, JAMAICA, Fort de France, MARTINIQUE, Plymouth, MONSTSERRAT, Basseterre, St Kitts/ Nevis Castries, ST. LUCIA, Kingstown, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, Grand Turk Island, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, Port of Spain, TRINIDAD

12. South America (SAMERICA):

Rates apply to/from ports, and points in the following South American Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela. Rates to/from inland points apply via the South America Base Port Group (SAMERICABP), defined as:

Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA; Fortaleza, Santos, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL; Antofagasta, Arica, Coquimbo, Iquique, Punta Arenas, Talcahuano, Tocopilla, Tocopilla, CHILE; Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Santa Marta, COLOMBIA; Guayaquil, ECUADOR; Cayenne, FRENCH GUIANA; Georgetown, GUYANA; Asuncion, PARAGUAY; Callao, PERU; Paramaribo, SURINAME; Montevideo, URUGUAY; La GuairĂ¡, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, VENEZUELA; Rates also apply to/from ports and inland points named in the individual NRA/NSAs.

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