preliminary talks during the first round of
negotiations led to the following tentative agreements
between the NAC and USSL:
The transportation agreement will focus on all
vehicle exports to Hawaii, Alaska and the US
west coast
The agreement will proceed in two phases, with
USSL initially transporting product to locations
identified in paragraph 1 above and then, if
performance is deemed acceptable by NAC,
entering into negotiations to provide
transportation and logistics services to other ports
of call in Asia and South America
The agreement will be nonexclusive, so NAC will
be allowed to engage the transportation services
of other companies and USSL will be permitted
to transport vehicles produced by other Japanese
enterprises
The agreement will run for five years