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A federal maritime regulator is ordering the world’s largest containership companies to provide her agency with container detention and demurrage information to ensure they’re meeting their legal obligations. The orders, announced Wednesday by Commissioner Rebecca Dye of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), are being issued under Dye’s authority as the fact-finding officer for the FMC’s ...

The Federal Maritime Commission is stepping up oversight of charges imposed on trucking companies and U.S. exporters by containership companies.

Share this article The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is ordering ocean carriers and marine terminal operators to supply information to determine if legal obligations related to detention and demurrage practices are being met amid the unprecedented cargo boom at U.S. ports. The information demand orders are being issued under the authority FMC Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye as the Fact Finding Officer for Fact Finding 29, “International Ocean Transportation Supply Chain Engagement”, which wa...