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January 2023
Several leading carriers updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective December 15, 2019, including APL, CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, Hapag Lloyd, Hyundai Me…
December 2019
Several carriers serving the USA/East Asia trade lanes (U.S. Exports) have adjusted their fuel surcharges for the January to March 2020 quarter. Here is a table of carriers that have posted BAF amount…
December 2019
Several carriers serving the East Asia/USA trade lanes (U.S. Imports) have adjusted bunker surcharges effective January 1 through March 31, 2020. Details are as follows. Here is a table of carriers th…
December 2019
To address the IMO 2020 low sulphur fuel mandate, many ocean carriers have file new or amended tariff rules to apply Low Sulphur Surcharges effective December 1, 2019. Some carriers updated their FMC …
December 2019
With its Docket 19-07 the Federal Maritime Commission will revise its delegations to its Bureau of Enforcement and its procedures for initiating enforcement action. This revision t…
December 2019
The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Carl Whitney Bentzel, of Maryland, to the Federal Maritime Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2024. Commissioner Benzel takes the seat of forme…
November 2019
The Federal Maritime Commission issued its Docket 19-06, Regulatory Amendments Implementing the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization and seeks public comment by November 8, 2019. In this notice of…
November 2019
Several ocean carriers have updated their FMC tariffs to address increased vessel fuel costs required to comply with the “IMO 2020” low sulphur mandate scheduled to take effect January 1, 2020.The…
November 2019
Several leading carriers serving the Trans Pacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective November 15, 2019, including A…
October 2019
The Federal Maritime Commission issued its Docket 19-05 Interpretive Rule on Demurrage and Detention under the Shipping Act and seeks public comment by October 31, 2019. This notice of proposed rulema…
October 2019
The Federal Maritime Commission issued its Docket 19-04 to seek is seeking public comments on proposed modifications to the hearing procedures governing the denial, revocation, or suspension of an oce…
October 2019
The Federal Maritime Commission plans to move forward with the publication of a direct final rule that would restructure how the agency oversees enforcement matters. The Commission met in closed sessi…
October 2019
The Federal Maritime Commission announced plans to amend its regulation of ocean carrier service contracts by issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to exempt ocean carriers from publishing essential…
October 2019
Several leading carriers serving the Trans Pacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective October 15, 2019, including Am…
September 2019
The Federal Maritime Commission announced it allowed the Puerto Nuevo Terminals LLC Cooperative Working Agreement (FMC Agreement No. 201292) to take effect on August 29, 2019, but will closely monitor…
September 2019
Most of the leading container carriers serving the East Asia/USA trade lanes (U.S. Imports) have adjusted fuel surcharges, including bunker adjustment factors (BAF) effective October 1 through Decembe…
September 2019
Several leading carriers serving the Trans Pacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective September 15, 2019, including …
September 2019
Several carriers serving the USA/East Asia trade lanes (U.S. Exports) have adjusted their fuel surcharges for the October to December 2019 quarter. Here is a table of carriers that have posted BAF am…
September 2019
The Caribbean Shipowners Association (CSA), FMC Agreement No. 010979, recently announced a Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) which will apply from September thru January. The CSA Carrier members serve trade…
August 2019
Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Michael A. Khouri and Commissioners Rebecca Dye, Daniel Maffei, and Louis Sola participated recently in a Global Regulatory Summit to meet and consult with competi…
August 2019
On June 3, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Carl Whitney Bentzel of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission, for the remainder of a five-year term expir…
August 2019
Several leading carriers serving the Trans Pacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective August 15, 2019, including Ame…
July 2019
The Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Michael A. Khouri announced that the Honorable Erin M. Wirth has been elevated to the position of Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) of the Federal Maritime …
July 2019
Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Pat…
July 2019
Members of the West Coast Marine Terminal Operators Agreement (WCMTOA) announced that the PierPass fee will increase on August 1, 2019 by 1.9 percent, from USD 31.52 per TEU (twenty-foot equivalent un…
July 2019
Several leading carriers serving the Transpacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective July 15, 2019, including Americ…
June 2019
The Federal Maritime Commission recently entered into compromise agreements with three non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCC) and a with a group of vessel operating carriers, recovering a total …
June 2019
Most of the leading container carriers serving the East Asia/USA trade lanes (U.S. Imports) have adjusted fuel surcharges, including bunker adjustment factors (BAF) effective July 1 through September …
June 2019
Several leading carriers serving the Trans Pacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective June 15, 2019, including Ameri…
June 2019
Several carriers serving the USA/East Asia trade lanes (U.S. Exports) have adjusted their fuel surcharges for the July to September 2019 quarter. Here is a table of carriers that have posted BAF amou…
May 2019
FMC Chairman Michael Khouri and Commissioners Louis E. Sola and Daniel B. Maffei recently appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Security whe…
May 2019
Several leading carriers serving the Trans Pacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective May 15, 2019, including Americ…
April 2019
On March 7, 2019, the White House notified the Federal Maritime Commission that President Donald Trump has designated Michael A. Khouri as Chairman. He had been serving as Acting Chairman since Januar…
April 2019
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has implemented increases to maximum civil monetary penalties as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. Effect…
April 2019
Several leading carriers serving the Trans Pacific Eastbound container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective April 15, 2019, incl…
April 2019
Some of the carriers serving the Transpacific Eastbound trade lane (U.S. imports) have recently updated their respective FMC tariffs to increase the Alameda Corridor Charges (ACC). The table below pro…
April 2019
Some of the carriers serving the Transpacific Westbound trade lane (U.S. Exports) have recently updated their respective FMC tariffs to increase the Alameda Corridor Charges (ACC). The table below pro…
March 2019
The Federal Maritime Commission announced it will begin work in mid-April on the last phase of its Fact Finding Investigation No. 28 into the conditions and practices relating to detention, demurrage,…
March 2019
Most of the leading container carriers serving the East Asia/USA trade lanes (U.S. Imports) have adjusted fuel surcharges, including bunker adjustment factors (BAF) effective April 1 through June 30, …
March 2019
Several leading carriers serving the Trans Pacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective March 15, 2019, including APL,…
March 2019
Several carriers serving the USA/East Asia trade lanes (U.S. Exports) have adjusted their fuel surcharges for the April to June 2019 quarter. Here is a table of carriers that have posted BAF amounts:T…
February 2019
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Daniel Maffei to a new term on the Federal Maritime Commission. Maffei previously served two years on the FMC and will serve out the remainder of a five-year term that ex…
February 2019
A recent amendment to the Shipping Act and FMC regulations has significantly increased FMC’s responsibility to monitor potential anti-competitive behavior by ocean carriers and marine terminal opera…
February 2019
Several of the leading carriers in the Transpacific eastbound trade have updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective February 15, 2019, including APL (see n…
January 2019
The Federal Maritime Commission closed effective Wednesday, December 26, 2018 as part of the partial federal government shutdown due to a lapse in appropriations. The Commission will resume normal ope…
January 2019
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend its rules governing licensing, bonding requirements and general duties for ocean transportation intermediaries (OTIs…
January 2019
The Federal Maritime Commission voted December 7, 2018 to approve the recommendations of Commissioner Rebecca Dye as set forth in her final report of the Fact Finding 28 investigation. Her recommendat…
January 2019
Several carriers updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective January 15, 2019, including APL, CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, Hapag Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant, Ocea…
