{"id":732,"date":"2024-04-09T00:45:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T00:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/?page_id=732"},"modified":"2024-06-10T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T18:53:03","slug":"how-to-file-service-contracts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/complaints-and-assistance\/how-to-file-service-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to File Service Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"regulations-governing-service-contracts\">Regulations Governing Service Contracts<\/h2>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group icon-list is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:8px;padding-left:8px\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-46\/part-515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">46 CFR \u00a7 515<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-46\/part-520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">46 CFR \u00a7 520<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-46\/part-530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">46 CFR \u00a7 530<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-46\/part-531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">46 CFR \u00a7 531<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Confidential service contracts are filed through SERVCON, the Commission\u2019s automated service contract filing system. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-a-service-contract\">What is a Service Contract?<\/h2>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Service contracts are between a shipper and an ocean common carrier or an ocean common carrier agreement in which the shipper commits to provide a certain minimum quantity of cargo over a fixed period of time and the ocean common carrier or the ocean common carrier agreement commits to a certain rate or rate schedule and a defined level of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Service contracts and their related amendments and notices must be filed confidentially with the FMC. The Commission monitors service contract filings for acts prohibited by the Shipping Act of 1984. Original signed service contracts, amendments, and associated records must be maintained for five years from the termination of the contract and be made available to the Commission for audit upon request.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-file-service-contracts\">How to File Service Contracts<\/h2>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All service contracts must be filed through <a href=\"https:\/\/servcon.fmc.gov\/\">SERVCON<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SERVCON is the Commission\u2019s automated filing system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VOCCs must register for an account with SERVCON to begin using the system\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>VOCCs filing service contracts should complete and submit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FMC-83ServiceContractRegistration.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Form FMC-83<\/a> [PDF, 146 KB]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"automated-web-service-with-servcon\">Automated Web Service With SERVCON<\/h2>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The FMC has developed a web service that VOCCs can use to incorporate the filing of service contracts into their own contract management systems (CMS). This web service eliminates the need for separate entry of data into SERVCON by automating the submission of contract data from the filer\u2019s CMS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the web service will reduce the amount of time needed to file with the FMC and will reduce the occurrences of typographical errors in submissions by removing the need for double-entry of contract data in the CMS and SERVCON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For more information on implementing the SERVCON web service, please contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tradeanalysis@fmc.gov\">tradeanalysis@fmc.gov.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regulations Governing Service Contracts Confidential service contracts are filed through SERVCON, the Commission\u2019s automated service contract filing system.  What is a Service Contract? 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