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PAGE FOUR DE FBIHN JOU2 UNCLAS THE DECISION NOW COES TO THE U.S. MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR FOR A FINAL RULING. MATSON SAID THAT IN ALLONING FOR THE SEVERAL STEPS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AND APPEAL, A FINAL RESOLUTION IS KOT EXPECTD UNTIL THE SECOND HALF OF 99, AND AETER THAT A REVIEW IN THE FEDERAL COURTS WCULD BE POSSIBLE. APL FILED TWO AND ONE-HALE YEARS AGO FOR AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE PROPOSING TO USE CONTAINER SHIPS THAT WOULD STOP IN HAWAII EN ROUTE TO THE FAR EAST. APL SAID HAWAII BUSINESS WOULD BENEFIT BY HAVING AINOTHER MAJOR ALTERNATIVE TO MATSCN WHICH IS 3Y FAR THE DOMINATE CARRIER CUS'TOMERS. AT MARCH, 1S88 HEARINGS IN SAN FRANCISCO, APL'S APPLICATION WAS PROTESTED, NOT ONLY BY MATSON, BUT 3Y SEA-LAND SERVICE COMPANY WHICH IN 1987 SUCCEEDED BANKRUPT UNITED STATES LINES AS THE MAJOR COMPETITOR TO IATSON IN THE MAINLAND-HAWAII MARKET. THE PROTESTER'S MAIN ARGUMENT IS THAT DECAUSE APL RECETVES INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, APL WCULD HAVE AN UNFAR ADVATACE. THAT ARGUMENT hCLDS, THEY SAID, EVEN THOUGH APL WOULD FORFEIT PORTIONS