By Charlotte Goldstone (The Loadstar) – The US Federal Maritime Commission has dismissed the latest case against the world’s largest container line, MSC – a decision that could set a benchmark…
https://gcaptain.com/fmc-dismisses-unjustified-shipper-complaint-against-msc/
More than $1 million in disputed charges have been waived or refunded through the Charge Complaint process, established by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) and administered by…
https://gcaptain.com/fmc-charge-complaint-refunds-hit-1-million-milestone/
By Ian Putzger, Americas Correspondent (The Loadstar) – While US ports and container terminals still resist a regulatory drive to curtail detention and demurrage (D&D) charges, several shipping lines have stopped…
https://gcaptain.com/ocean-carriers-backpedal-on-dd-charges-as-new-rules-loom/
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In a subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, members of Congress discussed overturning antitrust immunity...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/house-panel-eyes-ending-ocean-carriers-antitrust-exemption
by Laura Curtis (Bloomberg) Container carriers are facing new measures in the US Congress that would strip away a long-standing antitrust exemption and require them to load more exports, even as…
https://gcaptain.com/us-ocean-shipping-antitrust-enforcement-act-takes-aim-at-container-carriers/
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has given Mediterranean Shipping Company until the end of the month to explain a $1,000 congestion surcharge levied against a shipper. The deadline follows a…
https://gcaptain.com/fmc-asks-mediterranean-shipping-company-to-explain-congestion-charge/
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission met in an open session meeting this week to provide an update on the implementation of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) and…
https://gcaptain.com/fmc-provides-ocean-shipping-reform-update/
By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – Since the pandemic began, complaints of carrier misdeeds have circulated across the industry and around the globe. In the US, President Biden’s administration decided to…
https://gcaptain.com/maersk-test-case-could-shift-container-shippings-balance-of-power/
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is proposing a new rule that seeks to bring more clarity, structure, and punctuality to the demurrage and detention billing practices of vessel operating common…
https://gcaptain.com/fmc-proposing-new-demurrage-and-detention-billing-requirements/
The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking public comments to define unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate with respect to vessel space accommodation provided by an ocean common carrier. The public…
https://gcaptain.com/fmc-seeks-public-input-on-defining-unreasonable-refusal-to-deal/