“We are pleased with this settlement as it creates a common understanding in close cooperation and coordination with the authority on the future handling of demurrage and detention charges in the U.S.,” Hapag-Lloyd said.
While the Federal Maritime Commission’s Rebecca Dye found no evidence of collusion among the major ocean carriers, an investigation into the “numerous charges” they assess still could be launched.
Federal regulators will begin to assess how container lines are serving U.S. exporters.
The Biden administration is backing new legislation aimed at alleged out-of-control market power by foreign ocean carriers.
West Coast terminal operators could be taking advantage of supply chain disruptions by overcharging shippers for using night gates.
Federal regulators will soon begin analyzing how transportation data sharing can move more containers.
An FMC advisory committee has been formed amid ongoing shipper complaints of carrier market power abuse.
The maritime meeting among trade partners comes as container shipping remains hot.
In this exclusive Q&A, Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Daniel Maffei notes that “the supply chain is overheated. It’s like we are going from nine lanes to four lanes and then squeezing more traffic into them.”
The Federal Maritime Commission is auditing container lines to evaluate potential abuse of leverage against exporters.
The Federal Maritime Commission has partnered with the DOJ to pursue competition violations.
Biden’s executive order calls on the Justice Department to help regulators monitor pricing practices and anticompetition in the container shipping and rail sectors.
The Federal Maritime Commission tells Congress exporters allege they are being threatened by ocean carriers if they complain about excessive fees and unfair practices.
The Federal Maritime Commission is open to considering a mandate on container carriers to book U.S. exports.
The proposals hope to enforce the carriage of trade and excessive penalties U.S. importers are being charged by foreign carriers.
Out of an abundance of caution, carriers like Maersk extended the suspension of vessels into the ports from May 31-June 6.
Ag letter is the latest in a series of urgent pleas to stop the denial of trade and increased demurrage costs.
Daniel Maffei becomes chairman at a time of massive disruption in the world of trade.
Biden taps Daniel Maffei to head the FMC amid the ongoing port congestion crisis.
FMC commissioners appeal to President Joe Biden to immediately vaccinate the maritime workforce.
The World Shipping Council responds to assertions from FMC commissioners of potential Shipping Act violations.
Allegations of service and rate violations ocean carriers against U.S. exporters are increasing, according to FMC commissioners.
The 1920 Merchant Marine Act authorizes the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to investigate and penalize foreign governments with ocean shipping regulations that discriminate against U.S. trade.
U.S. Federal Maritime Commission finds sufficient credibility in Lake Carriers’ Association petition to support invoking rarely used 1920 Merchant Marine Act investigative authority.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission’s legal staff is expected to deliver its final demurrage and detention rulemaking assessment to the commissioners in the next several weeks.
“Right now, I believe most ocean carriers and marine terminal operators are acting responsibly and fairly in these challenging conditions,” FMC Commissioner Daniel Maffei said.
“We will continue to work with the FMC to make sure that outdated regulations do not prevent the marketplace from working at maximum efficiency,” said World Shipping Council President and CEO John Butler.
Commissioner Carl Bentzel said the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will have an increasing role in the development of shoreside activities that impact international container shipping.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will proceed with proposed rule to eliminate the requirement for vessel-operating common carriers to publish essential terms of service contracts.
The Federal Maritime Commission approves the ocean container carrier organization’s petition to eliminate publication of essential terms but retains the requirement to file the actual service contracts.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission on Sept. 6 unanimously approved a set of recommendations to bring about fairness in the way demurrage and detention fees are administered by ocean carriers […]
Two San Juan, Puerto Rico container terminals can merge but will be subject to additional scrutiny by the Federal Maritime Commission.
