FMC CHAIRMAN SAYS AGENCY READY TO OFFER VIEWS ON ANTITRUST REMOVAL BILL

FMC CHAIRMAN SAYS AGENCY READY TO OFFER VIEWS ON ANTITRUST REMOVAL BILL

FMC CHAIRMAN SAYS AGENCY READY TO OFFER VIEWS ON ANTITRUST REMOVAL BILL

   Harold J. Creel, chairman of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission, said that his agency is ready to offer its views to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in future hearings about a bill to remove the antitrust immunity of ocean common carriers.
   Creel told a conference of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in New Orleans that Henry Hyde, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will hold a hearing on his antitrust immunity removal bill sometime late in March.
   “The bill has the support of some non-vessel operating common carriers upset with their inability to offer service contracts to their customers,” Creel said. “We expect that all segments of the ocean transportation industry will be invited to testify and we will stand ready to offer our views, if requested,” he added.