Shippers are continuing to press the Federal Maritime Commission for clarity around which agency should regulate certain rail storage fees imposed by ocean carriers on through bills of lading, saying little progress has been made in recent months, despite urging from the National Shipping Advisory Committee.
A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge ordered ocean carrier SM Line Corp. May 28 to pay consumer goods company Samsung Electronics America $1.9 million in reparations for unfair demurrage and detention fees.
A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge has approved a confidential agreement to settle allegations by U.S.-based protective equipment supplier AirBoss Defense Group that non-vessel-operating common carrier FedEx Trade Networks Transport & Brokerage and ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. charged unfair demurrage and detention fees, according to an FMC notice released May 15.
PKDC LLC, a Colorado-based furniture distributor, accused China-based ocean carrier Cosco Shipping Lines Co. of charging “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in unfair demurrage and detention fees, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Maritime Commission this month.
CBP unlawfully detained 11 shipments of honey from importer Tri State Honey and held the entries for "nearly a year without explanation or justification," the importer argued in an April 29 complaint at the Court of International Trade. Seeking at least $4 million in damages along with attorney's fees, Tri State Honey said CBP violated its "due process rights" by failing to disclose the reasons for the detention of its honey and the evidence as to the honey's country of origin (Tri State Honey v. United States, CIT # 25-00080).
A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge April 28 denied a complaint by Texas importer Visual Comfort & Co. (VCC) against Chinese ocean carrier COSCO Shipping Lines Co., saying VCC presented insufficient evidence that COSCO charged it $1.2 million in unfair demurrage, detention and storage fees.
The Federal Maritime Commission’s chief administrative law judge ordered ocean carrier ZIM Integrated Shipping Services April 22 to pay Samsung Electronics America $3.68 million for charging demurrage fees that violate the Shipping Act.
A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge has approved a confidential agreement to settle allegations by shipper Supply Source that Hong Kong-based carrier Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL) imposed unfair demurrage and detention charges, according to an FMC notice released April 1.
A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge ordered Taiwan-based ocean carrier Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. March 24 to pay $517.50 of the approximately $1.3 million that shipper Supply Source sought for what it said were unfair demurrage and detention fees charged in 2021 and 2022.
A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge has approved a confidential agreement to settle allegations by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. that ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) violated the terms of a service contract and unjustly assessed millions of dollars in demurrage and detention fees, according to an FMC notice released March 21.