Rail Storage Fees, Ocean Shipping Antitrust Enforcement Act, and More
This week: The National Shipping Advisory Committee has asked that the FMC plays a role in regulating rail-assessed demurrage and that Congress increases the FMC’s jurisdiction A new bill has been introduced to the House of Representatives to repeal carrier anti-trust...
Air Cargo Market Rates, Demurrage Charge Investigations, and More
This week: Additional air services are adding capacity but simultaneously lowering air cargo market rates amid weakening demand The FMC continues its work in creating new rules governing demurrage and detention charges that terminals and carriers bill to shippers ...
Coast-to-Coast Labor Talks, New OSRA-22 Legislation, and More
This week: By the middle of the year, longshore labor talks will simultaneously be playing out on the East, West, and Gulf Coasts The US chassis equipment shortages will be fixed by June New legislation is being drafted to update OSRA-22 Canadian Pacific Railway...
Maersk Alters Container Detention Charges and More Supply Chain News
This week: Starting April 1, Maersk will begin billing shippers directly for container detention charges rather than billing NVOs A new Norfolk-Memphis rail service will open to improve rail movement in and out of the Port of Virginia A group of global shippers has...