The Containerization & Intermodal Institute, EROAD and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock announce board appointments.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will proceed with proposed rule to eliminate the requirement for vessel-operating common carriers to publish essential terms of service contracts.
Organizations representing 90% for the world’s merchant fleet have proposed spending $5 billion on research to reduce or eliminate carbon emissions.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, says many analysts believe the impacts of IMO 2020 will be less than what was projected just a year ago.
Billions of dollars in fuel costs at stake for containership owners.
Shippers believe container line consortia are anti-competitive and lack transparency.
Shippers and NVOs urge the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to implement the interpretive rule, while ocean carriers and marine terminals say it needs further refining.
The World Shipping Council considers next steps after the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission on September 26 denied a part of its petition calling for the elimination of service contract filing.
The Federal Maritime Commission approves the ocean container carrier organization’s petition to eliminate publication of essential terms but retains the requirement to file the actual service contracts.
The AgTC asked the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to extend the comment deadline to Oct. 31, calling the rule “the most relevant and far-reaching initiative taken by the FMC in many years.”
