FMC Begins Comment Period for Potential Detention, Demurrage Billing Regulations
The Federal Maritime Commission is officially seeking feedback on the possibility of new demurrage and detention billing requirements, which could require carriers and terminal operators to include “certain minimum information” with their billings and issue those billings within a certain…
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time frame. The pre-rule, previewed by the commission earlier this month (see 2202070026), is part of a larger FMC effort to address fees and other problems in the international ocean freight delivery system that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic (see 2011200024 and 2107290021). Comments on the rule, released Feb. 14, are due March 17.