general agency agreement meaning

• [Defence]
  A contract between the Maritime Administration and a steamship company which, as general agent, exercises administrative control over a government-owned ship for employment by the Military Sealift Command.
  Also called GAA.
  See also Military Sealift Command.
  (JP 3-02.2)

• "Lone Jack " was operated under General Agency Agreement by Marine Transport Lines, Inc ., of New York City.
• The ship was next operated under General Agency Agreement by the Waterman Steamship Co ., Mobile, Alabama, and made a voyage to Panama.
• The Liberty ship was completed on 14 August 1945, and chartered under general agency agreement by Waterman Steamship Co . until 17 June 1946, when she went into the Maritime Reserve Fleet.
• On 21 December 1942 the nature of the WSA charter was changed at San Francisco from Transportation Corps to a bareboat general agency agreement, still with United States Lines as operator, for more general service.
• In August 1941 she was assigned to the United States Lines Inc . under a General Agency Agreement ( GAA ), renamed " "'Pink Star " "'and registered in Panama.
• After the war, she was operated under a general agency agreement successively by the Pacific Atlantic Steamship Company from 28 November 1945 to 31 October 1946, the Waterman Steamship Corporation from 31 October 1946 to 13 November 1946, and A . L . Burbank and Company from 13 November 1946 to 6 December 1947.
• "Procyon " was laid down 15 April 1942 as MC hull No . 188 by the Moore DD Co ., Oakland, California; launched 1 July 1942 as " SS Flying Scud "; sponsored by Mrs . Carl W . Flesher; operated by the United Fruit Co . ( 18 August 1943-4 September 1946 ) under a General Agency Agreement with the Maritime Commission; acquired by the Pacific Far East Lines, Inc ., under bare boat charter ( 5 September 1946-19 October 1948 ); transferred to the General Steamship Corp . 19 October 1948 under a General Agency Agreement; returned to MARAD 26 October 1948 and laid tip at Suisun Bay, California; re-chartered by Pacific Far East Lines 10 December 1948; placed in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay 24 February 1956; acquired by the Navy 8 August 1961 and converted to Navy use at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard; renamed " Procyon " ( AF 61 ), 13 October 1961; and commissioned 24 November 1961, Capt . N . I . Lee, Jr ., in command.
• "Procyon " was laid down 15 April 1942 as MC hull No . 188 by the Moore DD Co ., Oakland, California; launched 1 July 1942 as " SS Flying Scud "; sponsored by Mrs . Carl W . Flesher; operated by the United Fruit Co . ( 18 August 1943-4 September 1946 ) under a General Agency Agreement with the Maritime Commission; acquired by the Pacific Far East Lines, Inc ., under bare boat charter ( 5 September 1946-19 October 1948 ); transferred to the General Steamship Corp . 19 October 1948 under a General Agency Agreement; returned to MARAD 26 October 1948 and laid tip at Suisun Bay, California; re-chartered by Pacific Far East Lines 10 December 1948; placed in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay 24 February 1956; acquired by the Navy 8 August 1961 and converted to Navy use at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard; renamed " Procyon " ( AF 61 ), 13 October 1961; and commissioned 24 November 1961, Capt . N . I . Lee, Jr ., in command.

• "general agency agreement" meaning in Chinese: 军事海运局委托船运公司经营航运的协定