Trade Groups Ask FMC to Extend Comment Deadline for Detention, Demurrage Billing Rule
More than 30 trade groups asked the Federal Maritime Commission to extend the public comment deadline as it considers new demurrage and detention billing requirements (see 2202070026 and 2202140002). A March 3 letter to the FMC -- signed by the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, the Agriculture Transportation Coalition, the Consumer Technology Association and others -- requests a 30-day extension to the March 17 deadline.
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The FMC’s proposed changes could require carriers and terminal operators to include “certain minimum information” with their billings and issue those notices to shippers within a certain time frame. The trade groups said they are “in the process of surveying respective member companies” to gather their input. “A 30-day extension would facilitate our respective efforts and would be consistent with the FMC’s goal to collect information regarding the impact of demurrage and detention billing practices on the trade," the letter said. An FMC spokesperson didn't comment.