Complaints against Puerto Rico Ports Authority filed with FMC
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has given notice that complaints against the Puerto Rico Ports Authority have been filed by the San Antonio Maritime Corp. and Antilles Cement Corp.
The complainants allege the port authority has engaged “in unjust, unreasonable and unlawful practices,” and “imposed undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage” upon them in violation of the Shipping Act of 1984, the FMC said in a statement.
San Antonio Maritime and Antilles Cement “claim that they have suffered, and will continue to suffer, substantial on-going economic damages and injury valued at not less than $20 million,” the FMC noted.
The commission said the two claims have been assigned to its office of administrative law judges.