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Blog Post

Types of FMC Licenses

FAQ

Get Started With DPI

Videos

Video: Introduction to DPI Services

Video: Shipping Act Enforcement & FMC Regulations

Video: Introduction to DPI’s NRA Management System

Signals Newsletter

Signals Monthly Update

航标(SIGNALS)新闻快报

Señales, boletín mensual de DPI

U.S. Shipping Act & FMC Regulations

U.S. Shipping Act

46 CFR 515 – Licensing, Registration, Financial Responsibility Requirements and General Duties for Ocean Transportation Intermediaries

46 CFR 520 – Carrier Automated Tariffs

46 CFR 530 – Service Contracts (SCs)

46 CFR 531 – NVOCC Service Arrangements (NSAs)

46 CFR 532 – NVOCC Negotiated Rate Arrangements (NRAs)

DPI Members & Free/Full Access Users

Blog Posts

FMC Registration for NVOCCs Outside the US

Types of FMC Licenses

Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC)

Videos

Video: Viewing FMC Tariffs Published by DPI

DPI Members – NVOCCs

Step-by-Step Guides

FMC Tariff Filing: Rule Filing Requests (available in Chinese & Japanese)

FMC Tariff Filing: Rate Filing Requests (available in Chinese & Japanese)

FMC Tariff Viewing: Step-by-Step DPI Member Guide – NVOCC (available in Chinese & Japanese)

FMC Tariff Viewing Help

New File Request Help

Web User Management – DPI Member: NVOCCs

NVOCC Service Arrangement (NSA) Guide

NSA Filing: Step-by-Step Guide

NRA Management System Step-by-Step User Guide *

Video: NRA  Management System Tutorial *

NRA Management System – NRA Template *

NRA Management System Help *

*NRA Management System Subscribers Only.

Blog Posts

New FMC Detention & Demurrage Regulations for NVOCCs – Effective May 28, 2024

New FMC Detention & Demurrage Invoice Contents Requirements for NVOCCs

New FMC Detention & Demurrage Regulations – Recommended Rule for NVOCCs

New Shipping Act – Detention & Demurrage

Detention & Demurrage Policy – Pass-Through Rule

NVOCC Selling Rate Documentation – Key Points

Qualifying Individual (QI)

Handling Shipments as an Ocean Forwarder (Not NVOCC)

Next Steps – New FMC Tariff

Next Steps for New NVOCCs

Next Steps – New NVOCC Contact

Maintaining FMC Compliance for NVOCCs

Negotiated Rate Arrangements (NRAs)

NVOCC Service Arrangements (NSAs)

FMC Tariff Compliance – Tariff Rates

FMC Tariff Rules for Surcharges

Ocean Freight Forwarder (OFF)

FMC Licensing Regulations – Summary of Changes That Must Be Promptly Reported to FMC

Videos

Video: New File Request Tutorial

Video: Negotiated Rate Arrangements (NRAs)

Video: NVOCC Service Arrangements (NSAs)

Video: Private Notes in FMC Tariffs

Video: New File Request – My Tariff Link

Video: Viewing & Amending FMC Tariffs

Video: Household Goods in International Moves

视频:新登记介绍

视频:无船承运人协议运价安排

视频:浏览和修正运价本

视频:无船承运人服务协议

FAQs

DPI Services FAQs

DPI Members – VOCCs

Step-by-Step Guides

FMC Tariff Filing: Rule Filing Requests (available in Chinese & Japanese)

FMC Tariff Filing: Rate Filing Requests (available in Chinese & Japanese)

FMC Tariff Viewing: Step-by-Step DPI Member Guide – VOCC

Service Contract Filing Requests: Step-by-Step Guide

FMC Tariff Viewing Help

New File Request Help

Web User Management – DPI Member: VOCCs

Blog Posts

New FMC Regulations: Unreasonable Cargo & Vessel Space Accommodation Refusals – Effective Sep 23, 2024

VOCC: Selling Rate Documentation Presentation

New Shipping Act – Detention & Demurrage

Vessel-Operating Common Carrier (VOCC)

Service Contracts (SCs) for VOCCs

FMC Tariff Compliance – Tariff Rates

FMC Tariff Rules for Surcharges

New FMC Detention & Demurrage Regulations for VOCCs – Effective May 28, 2024

New FMC Detention & Demurrage Invoice Contents Requirements for VOCCs

New FMC Detention & Demurrage Regulations – Recommended Rule for VOCCs

Videos

Video: New File Request Tutorial

Video: Private Notes in FMC Tariffs

Video: New File Request – My Tariff Link

Video: Viewing & Amending FMC Tariffs

Video: Household Goods in International Moves

视频:新登记介绍

视频:浏览和修正运价本

FAQs

DPI Services FAQs

Full Access Users

Step-by-Step Guides

FMC Tariff Viewing: Step-by-Step Full Access User Guide

Free Access Users

Step-by-Step Guides

FMC Tariff Viewing: Step-by-Step Free Access User Guide

Chinese Posts

No Login Required

航标(SIGNALS)新闻快报

DPI Members – NVOCCs

Step-by-Step Guides

联邦海事委员会运价本规则:无船承运人费率登记文件

联邦海事委员会运价本: 规则登记申请

运价本登记: 运价登记申请

联邦海事委员会运价本浏览: 按步骤操作 DPI 的会员 – 无船承运人

Videos

视频:新登记介绍

视频:无船承运人协议运价安排

视频:浏览和修正运价本

视频:无船承运人服务协议

DPI Members – VOCCs

Step-by-Step Guides

联邦海事委员会运价本: 规则登记申请

运价本登记: 运价登记申请

Videos

视频:新登记介绍

视频:浏览和修正运价本

Japanese Posts

DPI Members – NVOCCs

Step-by-Step Guides

FMCタリフ規定:NVOCC運賃(売り価格)の文書化・公示

FMCタリフのファイリング:ルールのファイリングの要請

FMCタリフのファイリング:運賃のファイリングの要請

FMCタリフの閲覧・表示:DPIメンバーのための詳細なご利用ガイド – NVOCC

DPI Members – VOCCs

Step-by-Step Guides

FMCタリフのファイリング:ルールのファイリングの要請

FMCタリフのファイリング:運賃のファイリングの要請

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