demurrage and detention charges

Anger in Australia as container detention fees climb

Australia’s ongoing port congestion has left transport operators fuming over mounting container detention charges.
According to the Container Transport Alliance of Australia (CTAA), the current bottlenecks are caused by high peak season volumes, Covid-related labour shortages, terminal equipment malfunctions and lingering industrial relations disruptions.
CTAA director Neil Chambers told The Loadstar: “The biggest delays have been occurring at the port of Melbourne, where all three container...

https://theloadstar.com/anger-in-australia-as-container-detention-fees-climb/

FMC launches probe into unfair carrier demurrage and detention charges

The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is planning to help shippers “get their money back” from “unreasonable” demurrage and detention (D&D) charges.
In November, the FMC launched an investigation into shipping lines’ role in the country’s port congestion, including D&D charges, empty container returns and the practice by some of declining agricultural exports in favour of repositioning empties to Asia.
FMC commissioner Rebecca Dye is leading the investigation into possible violations of …

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FMC cracks down on alliances after complaints of ‘unreasonable practices’

The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has tightened the screws on the three major ocean carrier alliances, demanding carrier-specific trade data is filed monthly rather than quarterly.
The data goes to the FMC’s Bureau of Trade Analysis, which, given “recent fluctuations in the markets”, wants the information more frequently to help it better evaluate changes in the transpacific and transatlantic trades.
One of the FMC’s core functions is monitoring alliance agreements, which …

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Forwarders hit back at ‘shipping monopoly’ and ‘no limit’ box detention fees

Ecuadorian forwarders are fighting back against a “major trade risk” presented by what they call the “monopolisation” of the shipping sector, and unregulated container detention fees.
Speaking to The Loadstar at Fiata’s World Congress, president of Latin American forwarding association Alacat, Galo Molina Aguilar, claimed shippers were being “taken advantage of”.
“Not only are the carriers taking advantage of shippers by collecting fees for the detention of containers, they are failing to...

https://theloadstar.co.uk/forwarders-hit-back-shipping-monopoly-no-limit-box-detention-fees/