{"id":2860,"date":"2018-09-25T15:07:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T19:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2860"},"modified":"2018-10-24T08:25:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T12:25:40","slug":"commissioner-dye-discusses-carrier-service-contract-filing-exemption-fact-finding-28-at-ncbfaa-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/commissioner-dye-discusses-carrier-service-contract-filing-exemption-fact-finding-28-at-ncbfaa-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Commissioner Dye Discusses Carrier Service Contract Filing Exemption & Fact Finding 28 at NCBFAA Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, September 25, 2018, Commissioner Rebecca Dye spoke at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America\u2019s (NCBFAA) government affairs conference about the petition recently filed by the World Shipping Council (WSC) to exempt ocean carriers from the current requirement to file service contracts with the FMC, and about the newly published Fact Finding 28 Interim Report on the FMC\u2019s investigation into demurrage and detention practices at US ports.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Dye noted that the WSC petition followed on the heels of the FMC\u2019s decision to exempt NVOCCs from the filing requirement for NVOCC service contract arrangements. She said that, given that in 2017 alone carriers filed over 47,000 new service contracts and 766,000 amendments, she was sympathetic to the petition. \u201cI think a fresh look \u2013 subject to the required competition and impact on commerce considerations \u2013 is appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Dye also mentioned that carrier automated tariff regulations were another area that she hoped the Commission would review in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>In discussing the Interim Report covering phase one of the fact finding investigation, Dye remarked that \u201caccurate and timely access to information about cargo availability\u201d had been identified as a central issue.<\/p>\n<p>Dye pointed out that the various topics high-lighted in the Interim Report were based on her staff\u2019s analysis of the data, information and documents that the Commission had received from major international liner companies and marine terminal operators serving the top 15 US container ports. \u201cThose lines and terminals were directed to provide detailed information about their detention and demurrage practices,\u201d she said. \u201cWe also asked a range of questions about their billing and dispute resolution practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner stated that the FMC does not intend to tell carriers and marine terminals how much they can \u201creasonably\u201d charge for demurrage and detention, or how many free days they must \u201creasonably\u201d offer. \u201cThat\u2019s what markets and commercial negotiations are for,\u201d she declared. \u201cOur intent is to make sure that demurrage and detention practices are clear to, and performing well for all parties involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye is a Commissioner with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. The thoughts and comments expressed here are her own and do not necessarily represent the position of the Commission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, September 25, 2018, Commissioner Rebecca Dye spoke at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America\u2019s (NCBFAA) government affairs conference about the petition recently filed by the World Shipping Council (WSC) to exempt ocean carriers from the current requirement to file service contracts with the FMC, and... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/commissioner-dye-discusses-carrier-service-contract-filing-exemption-fact-finding-28-at-ncbfaa-conference\/\">Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,20],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2861,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2860\/revisions\/2861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}