61.  The U.S. shipping lines did not immediately respond to calls for comment today.

62.  The U.S. companies want the option of setting up their own stevedoring operations in Japan, as Japanese shipping lines are permitted to do in the U.S.

63.  These practices, several U.S. shipping lines say, make the cost of Japanese port calls prohibitively high.

64.  They also make sure that other shipping lines cannot call in Cuba if they plan to call in the United States anytime soon.

65.  U.S. officials say the Japanese have done little since April to change what U.S. shipping lines call unfair port practices.

66.  Travelers are expected to carry duplicate copies throughout their stays and to return them to the airline or shipping line when they leave.

67.  Under the partial deregulation, container shipping lines for the first time will be able to sign individual, confidential contracts with importers and exporters.

68.  While these companies wanted to eliminate the antitrust immunity, they compromised with the shipping lines to get the bill passed.

69.  YICT is also negotiating with other major shipping lines that plan to include China in their routes.

70.  A giant shipping line can begin expanding its East Coast superport.