July 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Daniel B. Maffei to continue on as a Federal Maritime Commissioner for a second term ending on June 30, 2027 on June 8, 2022. Chairman Maffei was first nominate…
July 2022
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) announced the establishment of three new initiatives to provide enhanced assistance to shippers, continue to improve legal and regulatory compliance of…
July 2022
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) received two new formal complaints in June 2022 alleging violations of the U.S. Shipping Act and FMC regulations. Service Contract Violations: MS…
July 2022
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission's (FMC) Bureau of Enforcement recently proposed three settlement agreements for various alleged violations of the U.S. Shipping Act and FMC regulations in May an…
July 2022
Several leading carriers serving the Transpacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective July 15, 2022, including COSCO,…
June 2022
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) announced increased monitoring requirements for alliance carrier operations. The three global ocean carrier alliances (2M Alliance, Ocean Alliance, and Th…
June 2022
FMC Commissioner Rebecca Dye released twelve recommendations for supply chain improvement in her Final Report for Fact Finding 29 (FF 29) on the effects of Covid-19 on the international ocean tra…
June 2022
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) met on May 18, 2022 in open session to discuss Fact Finding 29, intermodal chassis and container manufacturing, the Vessel-Operating Common Carrier (VOCC) Audit…
June 2022
Several carriers serving the East Asia/USA trade lanes (U.S. Imports) have adjusted fuel surcharges effective July 1 through September 30, 2022. Details are as follows. Here is a table of BAF amounts …
June 2022
Several leading carriers serving the Transpacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective June 15, 2022, including COSCO,…
June 2022
Several carriers serving the USA/East Asia trade lanes (U.S. Exports) have adjusted their fuel surcharges for the July to September 2022 quarter. Here is a table of carriers that have posted BAF amoun…
May 2022
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) putting forward updates to key provisions of tariff regulations. These updates are intended to clarify existi…
May 2022
A Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ordered Hapag-Lloyd, A. G. to pay $822,220 in penalties for violations of the FMC’s detention and demurrage regulations. The A…
May 2022
U.S. Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Daniel Maffei requested a substantial budget increase in his testimony before the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation in support o…
May 2022
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission’s National Shipper Advisory Committee (NSAC) held a meeting to vote on recommendations and discuss committee updates on April 27, 2022. At their first in-perso…
May 2022
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) received three new formal complaints in April 2022 alleging violations of the U.S. Shipping Act and FMC regulations. Fraud and Coercion: Aeneas Ex…
May 2022
Several leading carriers serving the Transpacific container trades have recently updated their respective tariffs to include new General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective May 15, 2022, including COSCO, …
