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A final rule of the Federal Maritime Commission gives guidance on the subject of demurrage and detention due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The decision to declare Force Majeure requires clear evidence that events are out of the control of the carrier or third-party logistics services provider.
Judge Benitez indefinitely blocks new California Labor Law which would have defined independent truckers as employees of the trucking firms which they contract with.
The IMO mandate requiries all ocean carriers to use low sulfur fuels. The newly published increases pretty much stay within previously estimated dimensions.
Effective January 1st, 2020 the International Maritime Organization (IMO) mandats that vessels’ sulfur emissions must be reduced to not more than 0.5% A senior shipping executive opined “For the global shipping industry the switch to the IMO mandated 0.5% cap on sulfur emission equals in importance the historic switch from sailing-ships to steam powered vessels”.
In response to a petition filed by the Coalition for Fair Port Practice, the Federal Maritime Commission adopted a set of recommendations made by Commissioner Rebecca Dye to address detention and demurrage charge issues she uncovered during her 18 months fact finding investigation.