Browse Signals™ Monthly Updates below
December 2007
The carrier members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) have announced implementation of a plan for bunker cost recovery, which includes an Emergency Fuel Cost Recovery Sur…
December 2007
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, LTD. (“K” Line) has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Maritime Commission alleging Shipping Act violations by two New York-based entities working in co…
December 2007
The carrier members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), FMC Agreement No. 011223, serving the East Asia/USA trade lane announced an extension of peak season surcharges, and increas…
December 2007
The Alameda Corridor Charge (ACC) will increase effective January 1, 2008. This charge is applied by most carriers serving the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to recover charges assessed by…
December 2007
The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA), FMC Agreement No. 011325, whose member lines serve the US export trades from the USA to East Asia, have announced increases to Bunker Ad…
December 2007
The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA), whose member carriers serve the trade between the USA and North Europe, announced increases to their Bunker Adjustment Factors (BAF) effective Dece…
November 2007
Federal Maritime Commission Commissioner A. Paul Anderson and FMC Commissioner-nominee Carl B. Kress appeared before the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee for a nominat…
November 2007
The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are each considering amendments to their FMC tariffs to implement parts of the ports’ controversial Clean Trucks Program which will ban all pre-2007 mode…
November 2007
The carrier members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), FMC Agreement No. 011223, serving the East Asia/USA trade lane have announced they will increase current Bunker Adjustment F…
November 2007
The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA), FMC Agreement No. 011325, whose member lines serve the US export trades from the USA to East Asia, in response to skyrocketing fuel pric…
November 2007
The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA), whose member carriers serve the trade between the USA and North Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland, Scandinavia and Baltic Ports, announced an incr…
October 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission announced four compromise agreements, resulting in the collection of $862,000 in civil penalties. These agreements are the result of investigations conducte…
October 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has announced the appointment of Ms. Debra Zezima as its area representative in Houston, Texas. The Commission previously had a Houston office from 1987 to…
October 2007
The carrier members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), FMC Agreement No. 011223, serving the East Asia/USA trade lane have announced they will maintain current Bunker Adjustment F…
October 2007
The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA), FMC Agreement No. 011325, whose member lines serve the US export trades from the USA to East Asia, announced an increase to Inland Fuel …
October 2007
The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA), whose member carriers serve the trade between the USA and North Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland, Scandinavia and Baltic Ports, announced the cur…
September 2007
President George W. Bush has sent the US Senate a nomination for A. Paul Anderson, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission, for the remainder of a five-year term …
September 2007
Effective September 24, 2007 applications for the license to operate as an Ocean Transportation Intermediary (OTI) may be submitted electronically to the Federal Maritime Commission. The FMC wi…
September 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission has announced the launch of an investigation into Jamteck International Shipping Inc., a New York-based FMC licensed OTI and its Qualifying Individual and Presid…
September 2007
The carrier members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), FMC Agreement No. 011223, serving the East Asia/USA trade lane have announced they will maintain current Inland Fuel Charges…
September 2007
The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA), FMC Agreement No. 011325, whose member lines serve the US export trades from the USA to East Asia, announced current Inland Fuel Surchar…
September 2007
The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA), whose member carriers serve the trade between the USA and North Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland, Scandinavia and Baltic Ports, announced increas…
August 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission announced a proposed amendment to reduce the amount of time allowed for approved Ocean Transport Intermediary (OTI) applicants to submit proof of financial re…
August 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission recently amended its system of records regarding Ocean Transport Intermediaries (OTIs) to comply with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and to reflect stat…
August 2007
The carrier members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), FMC Agreement No. 011223, serving the East Asia/USA trade lane announced increases to Inland Fuel Charges (IFC) and Bunker A…
August 2007
The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA), FMC Agreement No. 011325, whose member lines serve the US export trades from the USA to East Asia, announced increases to September Inla…
August 2007
The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA), whose member carriers serve the trade between the USA and North Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland, Scandinavia and Baltic Ports, announced it will…
July 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission received a complaint of Shipping Act violations from K.E.I Enterprise d/b/a KEI Logix, a FMC licensed NVOCC based in California, against Greenwest Activewear,…
July 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission announced additional information requirements for the FMC Form-18 – the Ocean Transportation Intermediary (OTI) license application. Currently, the application…
July 2007
The carrier members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), FMC Agreement No. 011223, serving the East Asia/USA trade lane announced that Inland Fuel Charges (IFC) and Peak Season Surc…
July 2007
The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA), FMC Agreement No. 011325, whose member lines serve the US export trades from the USA to East Asia, has announced Inland Fuel Surcharges …
July 2007
The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA), whose member carriers serve the trade between the USA and North Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland, Scandinavia and Baltic Ports, announced it will…
July 2007
TACA members are Atlantic Container Line, Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co., NYK Line and OOCL. Surcharges are published in TACA's FMC tariffs, and are shown on its website: www.taca…
June 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission announced May 25, 2007 it has voted to allow the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) member carriers to file an amendment to their agreement to onc…
June 2007
The carrier members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), FMC Agreement No. 011223, serving the East Asia/USA trade lane announced significant increases to Bunker Adjustment Factors …
June 2007
The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA), whose member lines serve the US export trades from the USA to East Asia, announced rate adjustment recommendations, increases to July Bu…
June 2007
The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA), whose member carriers serve the trade between the USA and North Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland, Scandinavia and Baltic Ports, noting recent abo…
May 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission has appointed Peter J. King as Director of Administration, and a member of its Senior Executive Service. Mr. King, who has been with the FMC since 1987, official…
May 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission issued Docket 07-03 after receiving a complaint from Armstrong World Industries Inc. (AWI) alleging Shipping Act violations by Expeditors International of W…
May 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission will investigate Texas-based Anderson International Transport for alleged Shipping Act violations. The FMC issued a Docket 07-02, an Order of Investigatio…
May 2007
The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA), whose member carriers serve the trade between the USA and North Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland, Scandinavia and Baltic Ports, announced it will…
May 2007
The carrier members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), FMC Agreement No. 011223, serving the East Asia/USA trade lane announced the addition of new member, Mediterranean Sh…
May 2007
The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA), FMC Agreement No. 011325, whose member lines serve the US export trades from the USA to East Asia, increased rates for chilled vegetable…
April 2007
The FMC has approved settlement agreements in Docket 06-01 with All-In-One Shipping, Inc. (AIO), and Around The World Shipping, Inc. (ATW) and respective company representatives. Docket 06-01 i…
April 2007
The carrier members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), FMC Agreement No. 011223, serving the East Asia/USA trade lane announced adjustment to calculation of Bunker Adjustment Fact…
April 2007
The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA), whose member lines serve the US export trades from the USA to East Asia, announced increases to their Inland Fuel Surcharges, but no cha…
April 2007
The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA), whose member carriers serve the trade between the USA and North Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland, Scandinavia and Baltic Ports, announced no chan…
March 2007
The carrier members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), FMC Agreement No. 011223, serving the East Asia/USA trade lane announced increases to Bunker, Suez and Panama Canal surcharg…
March 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission is reported to have approved a settlement in Docket 06-10 negotiated between the American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference (IMC…
March 2007
The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA), whose member lines serve the US export trades from the USA to East Asia have announced increases to their Bunker Adjustment Factors (BAF…
March 2007
The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA), whose member carriers serve the trade between the USA and North Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland, Scandinavia and Baltic Ports, announced a Tarif…
March 2007
TACA also announced increases to its Panama Canal Transit Fees, effective May 1, 2007. This increase will push fees for both eastbound and westbound shipments up to $212 from $192 per container…
February 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission issued a Notice of Filing of Complaint and Assignment in FMC Docket 07-01, a complaint filed by APM Terminals North America, Inc., formerly known as Maersk Co…
February 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission issued a Memorandum and Order in FMC Docket 04-08, ordering Superior Link International, Inc. to pay Qin’s, Incorporated a total of $20,917.50 in incurred a…
February 2007
The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA), whose member lines serve the US export trade from the USA to East Asia, announced reductions to their Inland Fuel Surcharge for the mont…
February 2007
The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA), whose member carriers serve the trade between the USA and North Europe, United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia and Baltic Ports, announced they will …
February 2007
The carrier members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), FMC Agreement No. 011223, serving the East Asia/USA trade lane announced increases to canal surcharges. The TSA Carri…
January 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission’s Office of Administration Director Bruce Dombrowski retired recently. Dombrowski, who joined the Commission in 1973, ended a 33-year-long distinguished c…
January 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission issued three Orders in Docket No. 99-16, denying two Petitions and granting a motion to remove South Carolina State Ports Authority, a dismissed party, from the ca…
January 2007
The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA), whose member lines serve the US export trade from the USA to East Asia, announced extensions to current Bunker Adjustment Factors and in…
January 2007
The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA), whose member carriers serve the trade between the USA and North Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland, Scandinavia and Baltic Ports, announced they wi…
January 2007
The carrier members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), FMC Agreement No. 011223, serving the East Asia/USA trade lane have announced increases to Inland Fuel Surcharges and an ext…
