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JANUARY 2021 ACTIVITY REPORT
STATEMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Commission Issues Proposed Rule on Service Contract Filing Relief The FMC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if adopted, will permit ocean carriers to file original service contracts at the agency up to 30 days after going into effect. Maximum Penalty Fees Adjusted The FMC announced… Read More »
Information Demand on Detention & Demurrage Practices to Be Issued
Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye will issue information demand orders to ocean carriers and marine terminal operators (MTOs) to determine if legal obligations related to detention and demurrage practices are being met. The orders are being issued under the authority Commissioner Dye has as the Fact Finding Officer for Fact Finding… Read More »
Commission Meeting Scheduled for February 17, 2021
SUNSHINE ACT MEETING FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION AGENDA STATUS: This meeting will be closed to the public. DATE AND TIME: February 17, 2021; 2:00PM PLACE: This meeting will be held by video conference only. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: CLOSED SESSION Fact Finding 29 Update: Addressing unreasonable detention, demurrage, and other carrier and port practices;… Read More »
DECEMBER 2020 ACTIVITY REPORT
STATEMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS FMC Receives Briefings at December Meeting The Federal Maritime Commission held a meeting where it received an update on Fact Finding 29, a briefing from staff on the General Prohibitions in the Shipping Act, and from the Inspector General on his activities. Fact Finding 29: Advice to… Read More »
Commission Issues Proposed Rule on Service Contract Filing Relief
The Federal Maritime Commission today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that, if adopted, will permit ocean carriers to file original service contracts at the agency up to 30 days after going into effect. Members of the public have until March 4, 2021 to file comments in response to… Read More »
Maximum Penalty Fees Adjusted
The Federal Maritime Commission will increase the maximum penalties assessed for statutory violations effective January 15, 2021, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 2015. The increases are tied to the rate of inflation. Maximum penalties for knowing and willful violations of the Shipping Act will… Read More »
Fact Finding 29: Advice to the Trade
Commissioner Rebecca Dye is advising that shippers and truckers may contact the Federal Maritime Commission’s Bureau of Enforcement (BoE) with allegations of ocean carriers and marine terminal operators employing practices or regulations in violation of 46 USC 41102(c) involving non-compliance with the Final Rule published earlier this year by the… Read More »
NOVEMBER 2020 ACTIVITY REPORT
STATEMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Federal Maritime Commission Increases Global Alliances’ Information Monitoring Report Requirements Pursuant to direction from Chairman Khouri, the Commission has issued letters to the three global carrier alliances requiring that certain carrier-specific trade data be filed more frequently. Commissioner Sola Visits Houston for Panel Discussion and Meetings with… Read More »
Latest Fact Finding 30 Report Examines Impacts to Cruise Industry in Gulf Coast Ports
A report on the Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Cruise Industry in the Gulf Coast region was released today by Commissioner Louis E. Sola. It is the latest Interim Report issued as part of the Fact Finding 30 investigation he is leading. In the report, Commissioner Sola examines how… Read More »
FMC Receives Briefings at December Meeting
The Federal Maritime Commission met virtually and in closed session on Wednesday, December 10, 2020. At the meeting, Commissioner Rebecca Dye provided an update on her work to date as Fact Finding Officer for “International Ocean Transportation Supply Chain Engagement” (Fact Finding 29). Staff provided a briefing on General Prohibitions… Read More »