Browse Signals™ Monthly Updates below
January 2023
Several leading carriers serving the Trans Pacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective December 15, 2020, includin…
December 2020
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued a supplemental order that will extend and expand its Fact Finding Investigation No. 29 to consider whether alliance carriers whose vessels s…
December 2020
Pursuant to direction from FMC Chairman Michael Khouri, the FMC has notified three global carrier alliances (2M, THE ALLIANCE, and OCEAN) that certain carrier-specific trade data they have in the pas…
December 2020
Several carriers serving the East Asia/USA trade lanes (U.S. Imports) have adjusted fuel surcharges effective January 1 through March 31, 2021. Here is a table of surcharge amounts posted by carriers …
December 2020
In response to ongoing increases to trucking and/or rail costs to move cargo to inland locations in the USA, major ocean carriers of the transpacific eastbound trade, the East Asia/USA trade lanes (U.…
December 2020
Several leading carriers serving the Trans Pacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective December 15, 2020, includin…
December 2020
Several carriers serving the USA/East Asia trade lanes (U.S. Exports) have adjusted their fuel surcharges for the January to March 2021 quarter. Here is a table of carriers that have posted fuel surch…
November 2020
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued an order that will extended the temporary exemption that allows ocean carriers up to thirty (30) days to file new service contracts with the C…
November 2020
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) under FMC Docket No. 20-16 to solicit public comment on the practice of vessel-operating common carriers (VOCCs or carrier) def…
November 2020
On October 14, 2020 the FMC issued its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) under FMC Docket No. 20-15 to request information about possible changes to regulations governing the definition …
November 2020
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, 2020, includin…
November 2020
Three carrier members of the Caribbean Shipowners Association (CSA), FMC Agreement No. 010979, recently announced new surcharge, Caribbean Operational Service Viability Charge, effective November 29,…
October 2020
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has voted to issue an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to request information about possible changes to regulations governing the definition of …
October 2020
Market trends in trade lanes serving the United States and actions taken by both individual ocean carriers and carrier alliances in response to COVID-19 and related impacts to the ocean transportation…
October 2020
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, 2020, including Am…
September 2020
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has given notice of a formal complaint filed by the Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference (IMCC) of the American Trucking Associations, Inc. against the Ocean…
September 2020
Several carriers serving the East Asia/USA trade lanes (U.S. Imports) have adjusted fuel surcharges effective October 1 through December 31, 2020. Details are as follows.TRANSPACIFIC EASTBOUND (Asia t…
September 2020
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, 2020, including …
September 2020
Several carriers serving the USA/East Asia trade lanes (U.S. Exports) have adjusted their fuel surcharges for the October to December 2020 quarter. Here is a table of carriers that have posted BAF amo…
August 2020
U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairman Michael A. Khouri has announced the selection of Steve Andersen as FMC General Counsel. Prior to joining the FMC, Andersen served as the General Counsel…
August 2020
Spot rates for full container loads shipped from Asia to the USA are at their highest levels in over ten years. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) reports the spot rate for shipments from…
August 2020
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, 2020, including Ame…
July 2020
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has implemented changes to its service contract regulations. Effective 25Jun2020 the FMC service contract regulations in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations…
July 2020
Members of the West Coast Marine Terminal Operators Agreement (WCMTOA) announced that the PierPass fee will increase on August 1, 2020 by 4.2 percent, from USD 32.12 per TEU (twenty-foot equivalent un…
July 2020
Several leading carriers serving the Trans Pacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective July 15, 2020, including Ameri…
June 2020
As a temporary measure to relieve COVID-19 impacts to the supply chain FMC Commissioner Louis E. Sola will lead a fact finding investigation and work with key industry stakeholders to identify commerc…
June 2020
The Federal Maritime Commission has voted unanimously to accept a petition filed by the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA) that alleges new ballast water regulations, as proposed by the Government of …
June 2020
Several carriers serving the East Asia/USA trade lanes (U.S. Imports) have adjusted fuel surcharges effective July 1 through September 30, 2020. Details are as follows.Here is a table of carriers that…
June 2020
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, 2020, including Ameri…
June 2020
Several carriers serving the USA/East Asia trade lanes (U.S. Exports) have adjusted their fuel surcharges for the July to September 2020 quarter. Here is a table of carriers that have posted BAF amoun…
May 2020
As a temporary measure to relieve COVID-19 impacts to the supply chain the Federal Maritime Commission issued an order on April 27, 2020 to allow ocean carriers to file service contracts with the Comm…
May 2020
The current COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on the international supply chain and commercial operations has demonstrated a need for the Federal Maritime Commission to provide immediate regulatory rel…
May 2020
The Federal Maritime Commission has finalized the new interpretative rule it proposed in September 2019 under Docket 19-05 to clarify its interpretation of the Shipping Act prohibition against failing…
May 2020
Several leading carriers serving the Transpacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective May 15, 2020, including America…
April 2020
The Federal Maritime Commission issued an order on March 31, 2020 authorizing Commissioner Rebecca Dye to identify operational solutions to cargo delivery system challenges related to Coronavirus-19. …
April 2020
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced in a press release in January 2020 that it will adopt several measures in order to sustain water levels of the Panama Canal waterway. Due to changing rainfal…
April 2020
Several leading carriers serving the Transpacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective April 15, 2020, including Ameri…
March 2020
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued its Docket 20-02 to put forward a rulemaking proposal that will amend its rules governing service contracts between ocean carriers and their customers. The p…
March 2020
Several carriers serving the East Asia/USA trade lanes (U.S. Imports) have adjusted fuel surcharges effective April 1 through June 30, 2020. Details are as follows.Here is a table of carriers that hav…
March 2020
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, 2020, including Amer…
March 2020
Several carriers serving the USA/East Asia trade lanes (U.S. Exports) have adjusted their fuel surcharges for the April to June 2020 quarter. Here is a table of carriers that have posted BAF amounts:T…
March 2020
Some carriers updated their respective tariffs to provide General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective March 2020, including APL, CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, Hapag Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant, OOCL, and Yang Mi…
February 2020
At its first meeting of 2020 the Federal Maritime Commission voted to publish two final rules and met in a closed session for a briefing on developments in the U.S. liner trades. The Commission voted …
February 2020
Several leading carriers serving the Trans Pacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective February 15, 2020, including A…
February 2020
Effective January 5, 2020 the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) approved an amendment to THE Alliance Agreement, FMC Agreement No. 012439, to add South Korean container liner shipping company Hyundai …
January 2020
Due to a recent change in licensing regulations by the Federal Maritime Commission non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) will now need to have a USD 75,000 surety bond and Form FMC-1 (publishe…
January 2020
Two of FMC’s most senior managers have recently departed. Ms. Sandra Kusumoto, long time Director of FMC’s Bureau of Certification and Licensing retired December 31, 2019 after 36 years of service…
January 2020
Several leading carriers serving the Trans Pacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective January 15, 2020, including Am…
January 2020
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…
January 2020
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…
