Statutes and regulations administered by the Federal Maritime Commission will remain in effect if International Longshoremen’s Association members go on strike next week at container terminals at East and Gulf coast ports, the FMC said in an industry advisory Sept. 23.
The Federal Maritime Commission denied a request from a group of ocean carriers to delay its recently issued final rule on demurrage and detention billing requirements, saying the delay would impede orders from Congress and would lead to more confusion within the shipping industry.
TPG Pressure, a U.S. supplier of construction equipment and services that accused U.S.-based Omni Logistics in 2022 of charging unsubstantiated and unlawful demurrage fees (see 2212020027), isn't entitled to compensation, an administrative law judge ruled last week.
Two more commissioners with the Federal Maritime Commission said they don’t necessarily support a new vessel-sharing agreement between major ocean carriers Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, and they’re frustrated they didn’t have longer to review the agreement before it took effect Sept. 9.
The chair of the Federal Maritime Commission said this week that he continues to have concerns about a new vessel-sharing agreement between major ocean carriers Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd but that the FMC can no longer legally prevent it from taking effect. The agreement officially took effect Sept. 9, the FMC said.
Two Supply Source subsidiaries have agreed to dismiss their complaint with the Federal Maritime Commission against carrier Lihua Logistics, according to a notice released by the FMC Sept. 4.
The Federal Maritime Commission this week approved a settlement between logistics company M.E. Dey & Co. and ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd and dismissed M.E. Dey & Co.’s complaint against Hapag-Lloyd.
Maersk, which owns German container shipper Hamburg Sud, is “disappointed” that the Federal Maritime Commission ordered Hamburg Sud to pay $17.6 million to Florida-based e-commerce business OJ Commerce for Shipping Act violations, a Maersk spokesperson said Aug. 29.
The Federal Maritime Commission this week ordered AAF Logistics, a California-based non-vessel operating common carrier, to pay more than $291,000 to Chicago-based distributor Color Brands, which accused AAF in 2022 of charging for cargo insurance it didn't obtain and improperly denying damaged cargo claims.
Ocean carrier ZIM Integrated Shipping Service Ltd. and logistics firm CEVA Freight violated the Shipping Act by charging the “unreasonable” sum of $180,860 for the detention of three containers that the U.S. government temporarily seized at the Port of Charleston in South Carolina, International Lumber Imports (ILI) said in a complaint filed with the Federal Maritime Commission last week.