Posts Tagged ‘OSRA’

FMC Publishes Final Rule on Detention and Demurrage Billing Practices

A Final Rule issued today by the Federal Maritime Commission establishes new requirements for how common carriers and marine terminal operators (MTOs) must bill for demurrage and detention charges, providing clarity on who can be billed, within what timeframe, and the process for disputing bills. A key provision of this… Read More »

FMC Issues Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Unreasonable Refusal to Deal

A Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) issued today by the Federal Maritime Commission proposes how the FMC would implement the prohibition on common carriers unreasonably refusing available cargo space to shippers. The SNPRM that will be published in the Federal Register is a continuation of a rulemaking process mandated… Read More »

New Video Explains Charge Complaint Process

A new multimedia presentation provides the public with instructions on how to file charge complaints at the Federal Maritime Commission. Charge Complaints were established by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 and provide an expedited process for disputing charges which may have been wrongly assessed by a common carrier…. Read More »

FMC to Seek Additional Comments on Unreasonable Refusal to Deal Rulemaking

The Federal Maritime Commission will issue a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) that addresses issues commenters raised in response to the Unreasonable Refusal to Deal or Negotiate with Respect to Vessel Space Accommodations proposed (Docket 22-24) rule issued last September. The announcement came during a Commission meeting held today… Read More »

FMC Probing Shipping Lines’ Anti-Retaliation Compliance

The Federal Maritime Commission is asking the top 20 shipping lines calling the United States to provide information on how they are complying with the new prohibitions on retaliation established by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA). The added protections against retaliation were created by Section 5 of… Read More »

FMC Announces Interim Procedures for Processing Charge Complaints

The Federal Maritime Commission today announced its interim procedures to review, investigate, and adjudicate Charge Complaints. U.S. shippers have responded positively to the new opportunity, established via the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022, to challenge carrier charges by filing Charge Complaints at the FMC. Since the law’s enactment in… Read More »

FMC Proposing New Demurrage & Detention Billing Requirements

The Federal Maritime Commission is proposing a new rule that seeks to bring more clarity, structure, and punctuality to the demurrage and detention billing practices of vessel operating common carriers (VOCCs), non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs), and marine terminal operators (MTOs). This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is responsive to a… Read More »

Commission Contracts with National Academies for OSRA Mandated Chassis Study

The Federal Maritime Commission has awarded a $500,000 contract to the National Academies of Science (NAS) to conduct a study examining intermodal chassis pools and provide recommendations on best practices for their management. The study was mandated by Section 19 of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA). Under… Read More »

FMC Meeting Focuses on OSRA Implementation & Data Initiative

The Federal Maritime Commission was briefed at its September meeting, held Wednesday, on progress implementing the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) and the findings of the Maritime Transportation Data Initiative (MTDI). Commissioner Carl W. Bentzel discussed his work leading the MTDI and shared what this project identified as… Read More »

FMC Seeking Public Comment on Unreasonable Refusal to Deal Proposed Rule

The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking public comments in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued today implementing a requirement of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) to define unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate with respect to vessel space accommodation provided by an ocean common… Read More »