SAMSUNG Electronics and HMM are engaged in an escalating legal dispute concerning Samsung's refusal to compensate the shipping company for freight transport services in the United States, reports the Korea Times.
According to documents from the US federal and district courts, HMM filed a complaint with the courts to receive US$13 million from samsung Electronics America.
The plaintiff claimed that the defendant breached its contractual obligations by failing to promptly settle charges for freight transport services. 'We decided to proceed with the lawsuit as Samsung did not pay for our services,' an HMM official said.
The lawsuit appears to be a retaliatory response to Samsung's request for the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) on June 5 to order HMM to compensate the electronics company for losses stemming from some 96,000 cases of demurrage and detention.
Demurrage charges refer to fees paid by cargo owners for using containers within ports beyond the free time allotted. Detention charges, on the other hand, are fees imposed for using containers outside of ports beyond the free time allowed.
Samsung's US operations characterized the charges made by HMM as 'erroneous,' alleging that the shipping firm had consistently failed since mid-2020 to provide fair and reasonable inland transportation services, as well as in promptly removing containers from American terminals.
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According to documents from the US federal and district courts, HMM filed a complaint with the courts to receive US$13 million from samsung Electronics America.
The plaintiff claimed that the defendant breached its contractual obligations by failing to promptly settle charges for freight transport services. 'We decided to proceed with the lawsuit as Samsung did not pay for our services,' an HMM official said.
The lawsuit appears to be a retaliatory response to Samsung's request for the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) on June 5 to order HMM to compensate the electronics company for losses stemming from some 96,000 cases of demurrage and detention.
Demurrage charges refer to fees paid by cargo owners for using containers within ports beyond the free time allotted. Detention charges, on the other hand, are fees imposed for using containers outside of ports beyond the free time allowed.
Samsung's US operations characterized the charges made by HMM as 'erroneous,' alleging that the shipping firm had consistently failed since mid-2020 to provide fair and reasonable inland transportation services, as well as in promptly removing containers from American terminals.
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