SINCE the Covid crisis caused a supply chain disruption, the sector has moved into political crosshairs, reports Colchester Seatrade Maritime News.
By early 2021, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) was gaining attention, especially from US-based cargo owners who were feeling the pains of congestion and delays.
The FMC sought to act on complaints shippers shared, doing a deep dive into data needed to better analyse what the carriers were doing.
In early May, the FMC announced that the big three global ocean carrier alliances 2M, Ocean Alliance, and The Alliance will now be required to provide enhanced pricing and capacity information.
According to the FMC, the newly mandated information will provide its Bureau of Trade Analysis (BTA) 'with insight into pricing of individual trade lanes and by container and service type. It will also provide more immediate information regarding capacity management decisions of ocean carriers and alliances.'
The proposed regulations would amend the wording of federal regulations covering liner shipping.
'The proposed change to tariff publication rules would require ocean carriers to post their tariffs free of charge on their websites,' said FMC.
'Seven of the 10 leading ocean carriers serving the United States already provide this service and the commission believes that requiring universal free tariff publication would benefit the trade by providing more information to shippers on pricing when considering service options.'
The provisions proposed are expected to benefit cargo owners.
'The commission is proposing changing its regulations to change the definition of co-loading to apply only to less than container loads. The change is intended to align commission regulations with current industry practices,' said FMC.
'The commission is also proposing that documentation accompanying full container load shipments be annotated with the names of all non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs) associated with the cargo the container is carrying.'
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By early 2021, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) was gaining attention, especially from US-based cargo owners who were feeling the pains of congestion and delays.
The FMC sought to act on complaints shippers shared, doing a deep dive into data needed to better analyse what the carriers were doing.
In early May, the FMC announced that the big three global ocean carrier alliances 2M, Ocean Alliance, and The Alliance will now be required to provide enhanced pricing and capacity information.
According to the FMC, the newly mandated information will provide its Bureau of Trade Analysis (BTA) 'with insight into pricing of individual trade lanes and by container and service type. It will also provide more immediate information regarding capacity management decisions of ocean carriers and alliances.'
The proposed regulations would amend the wording of federal regulations covering liner shipping.
'The proposed change to tariff publication rules would require ocean carriers to post their tariffs free of charge on their websites,' said FMC.
'Seven of the 10 leading ocean carriers serving the United States already provide this service and the commission believes that requiring universal free tariff publication would benefit the trade by providing more information to shippers on pricing when considering service options.'
The provisions proposed are expected to benefit cargo owners.
'The commission is proposing changing its regulations to change the definition of co-loading to apply only to less than container loads. The change is intended to align commission regulations with current industry practices,' said FMC.
'The commission is also proposing that documentation accompanying full container load shipments be annotated with the names of all non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs) associated with the cargo the container is carrying.'
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