[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 9812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3854]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Marinenet, LLC

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 13, 2011, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), MarineNet, LLC 
(``MarineNet'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and 
objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose 
of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties 
to the venture are: ACL Transportation Services LLC, Jeffersonville, 
IN; Ingram Barge Company, Nashville, TN; and AEP River Operations LLC, 
Chesterfield, MO. The general area of MarineNet's planned activity is 
researching, evaluating, testing and developing a process or service to 
establish and support a platform for the electronic transfer of data 
between contracting river industry trading partners (the ``value added 
network'' or ``VAN''). The VAN will provide for the ability to 
electronically transmit order, status, and invoice information between 
contracting river trading partners internal systems, promoting 
efficiency within the river industry.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-3854 Filed 2-18-11; 8:45 am]
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