ANTITRUST IMMUNITY

ANTITRUST IMMUNITY

The European Union (EU) announced last month they would not extend the ocean carrier's exemption to antitrust laws as it no longer promotes competition. The exemption is set to expire on April 25, 2024. The ocean...

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FMC DISPUTES

FMC DISPUTES

The Federal Maritime Commission created easier avenues for cargo owners to file complaints against ocean carriers for unreasonable demurrage and detention charges. Now, an ocean carrier, BAL, is using the complaint...

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OSRA, FMC & YOU

OSRA, FMC & YOU

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) will celebrate its first year on the 16th of this month. OSRA prohibited the unreasonable assessment of detention and demurrage fees as well as the unreasonable refusal to carry...

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D&D AND THE FMC

D&D AND THE FMC

Detention and Demurrage (D&D) has long been a point of contention between the ocean carriers and everyone else in the supply chain. Last year, the US Congress passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) and the...

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DOMINOES FALLING

DOMINOES FALLING

Maersk, Hyundai and MSC have all announced they will no longer be assessing per diem or demurrage charges on days when the terminal is closed. This decision is a HUGE win for cargo owners and motor carriers alike. The...

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FIRST, DO NO HARM

FIRST, DO NO HARM

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has said the passing of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) should, first and foremost, not make things worse. Well, it has! OSRA shifted the responsibility of demurrage...

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THE GOOD

THE GOOD

President Biden signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) 2022 into law on Thursday, June 16th. It is the first major overhaul of the act in two decades and had tremendous support in both the US Senate, who approved...

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COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT

COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT

Fresh on the heels of The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) ordering Hapag-Lloyd to pay $822,220 and Wan Hai $850,000 in civil penalties resulting from per diem charges assessed when the ocean carriers did not have...

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ALL EYES ON US

ALL EYES ON US

  With this newfound national attention comes changes to the Ocean Shipping Act, updated Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) policies and infrastructure funding. Changes to the Ocean Shipping Act, which had not been...

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GOVERNMENT TO THE RESCUE?

GOVERNMENT TO THE RESCUE?

Those of us who live in the supply chain every day know it is a complicated business. As the name "supply chain" suggests, it is a series of actions and handoffs, each intrinsically linked and dependent upon the other....

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