A Federal Maritime Commission small claims officer on May 7 dismissed farmer John Bartolini’s claim that Miragrown Logistics Corp., doing business as Lucky Consol Inc., mishandled a shipment of gardening pots imported to New York from China, saying he failed to show that the company acted as an entity regulated under the Shipping Act.
The Federal Maritime Commission legally determined that it was unreasonable for a carrier to levy detention charges against a trucking company for the delayed return of equipment when the Port of Savannah was closed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in an April 28 opinion.
A Federal Maritime Commission judge ordered Hong Kong-based carrier Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL) April 24 to pay $45.6 million in reparations to the bankrupt New York-based entity formerly known as Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (BBBY) for Shipping Act violations.
A Federal Maritime Commission small-claims officer on March 27 ordered ocean transportation intermediary Formula Global Mobility (FGM) to refund more than $8,600 that it charged claimant Brooke Gibson for demurrage and detention fees, saying that FGM’s invoice didn't contain most of the information required by the Shipping Act.
Most or all of the $1.2 million that ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd charged Michigan-based meat importer Orleans International for demurrage and detention was “unjustly and unreasonably assessed” during the COVID-19 pandemic in violation of the Shipping Act, according to a complaint filed March 16 with the Federal Maritime Commission.
The Federal Maritime Commission ordered MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company to pay about $22.7 million in civil penalties for violating U.S. shipping laws, up from the $16 million amount that an administrative law judge called for last year (see 2502260072).
The New York-based entity formerly known as Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has accused South Korean ocean carrier HMM Co. of “systematically failing" to meet its service commitments under 2020 and 2021 contracts and unfairly charging millions of dollars in demurrage and detention fees during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a complaint filed Dec. 30 with the Federal Maritime Commission.
The Federal Maritime Commission is removing a portion of its final rule on demurrage and detention billing requirements (see 2402230049) after a federal court earlier this year said the language arbitrarily and capriciously exempted motor carriers from being assessed those demurrage and detention fees (see 2509230039 and 2509240068).
As the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative considers whether the U.S. wants to continue the USMCA, it will evaluate more than 1,500 comments from farmers, manufacturers, retailers, civic society and broad business interests that operate in all three countries.
The Federal Maritime Commission is reviewing a federal court decision issued this week that said the FMC’s 2024 demurrage and detention billing rule (see 2402230049) arbitrarily and capriciously exempted motor carriers from being assessed those fees (see 2509230039). "The Commission is reviewing the court's opinion and will take appropriate action going forward," a commission spokesperson said in a Sept. 24 email.