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FMC Turns Up the Heat on Container Lines for Rejecting Agro Exports

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has threatened to use all of its possible powers to overturn international carriers' decision to drop agricultural exports in...

FMC turns spotlight on alliances

In a bid to crackdown on possible violations of competition regulations, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has taken steps to toughen its oversight of...

Alleged US demurrage abuses could lead to legal action

Shippers, truckers, and freight forwarders reeling from almost US$150 million in demurrage fees linked to congestion in the ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach and...

US aims for European style inland waterway system

Inland waterways are under-utilised and could offer a quick and cost-effective solution to congestion in US ports, on roads and for rail cargo, according...

Shippers allege lines are refusing to carry US export cargo

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) says it has received a number of allegations regarding the failure of container ship operators to pick up full...

IMO 2020 could be a “time bomb” waiting to hit container shipping

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) representative Daniel B. Maffei has said that the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown the fuel charging system into disarray, creating an...

Pacific shippers pray for softening rates

Shippers feeling the anxieties from unprecedented trading conditions are hopeful that the flattening spot rate curve after Chinese ministry of transport and the US...

Truckers hit back at carriers in US chassis dispute

US truckers have responded to international shipping lines’ “motion to dismiss” a USD$1.8 billion complaint over “unfair” practises surrounding the use of chassis for...

FMC investigating carrier demurrage costs

US authorities have opened an investigation into whether container lines are acting unfairly by pushing the payment of demurrage fees onto third-party transportation companies...

Wan Hai wades into Pacific demand speculation as rates stay high

Wan Hai Lines president Tommy Hsieh expects Transpacific freight rates to remain high until at least the end of this year, even as container...
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