FMC ADDS TWO CHINESE COMPANIES TO CONTROLLED CARRIER LIST

FMC ADDS TWO CHINESE COMPANIES TO CONTROLLED CARRIER LIST    China National Foreign Trade Transportation (Group) Corp., known as “Sinotrans” and China Shipping Container Lines Ltd. have been added to the Federal Maritime Commission’s “controlled carrier list.”
   The carrier list is used by the FMC to keep track of government-controlled or government-owned carriers and to make sure they don’t charge rates either in their tariffs or service contracts that are below a “just and reasonable” level.
   Under the law, the FMC is empowered, after public notice and hearing,    to prohibit the publication of any unjust or unreasonable rates, charges, classifications, rules or regulations.
      Other companies on the FMC's list are: Black Sea Shipping Co., Ukraine; Ceylon Shipping Corp., Sri Lanka; China Ocean Shipping Co., China; Compagnie Nationale Algerienne de Navigazion, Algeria; Egyptian National Line, Egypt; International Transport Enterprise Co. Ltd., China; Pakistan National Shipping Corp., Pakistan; POL-America Inc., Poland; Polish Ocean Lines, Poland; Shipping Corp. of India, India; Tientsin Marine Shipping Co., China.