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US Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-146) - Container Shipping Practices and FMC Oversight

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 amended the Shipping Act of 1984 to expand Federal Maritime Commission oversight of ocean common carrier practices…

What US Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-146) - Container Shipping Practices and FMC Oversight requires

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 amended the Shipping Act of 1984 to expand Federal Maritime Commission oversight of ocean common carrier practices by prohibiting unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate with respect to vessel space accommodation, requiring carriers to file annual detention and demurrage rule descriptions, prohibiting unreasonable detention and demurrage charges, requiring the FMC to define unfair or unjustly discriminatory methods, and authorising the FMC to initiate investigations of its own motion, levy civil penalties, and order refunds for violations.

Pillar: Maritime & Shipping · Authority: United States Congress (Government Publishing Office) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:

Primary source: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-117publ146/html/PLAW-117publ146.htm

SHA-256 integrity: fd549f0879fa44423d7ee3fbbc6229c01076b0b676c0c3a52e70d7380599f1f8

Primary Citations — 8 traced to source

  • Public Law 117-146 Ocean Shipping Reform Act enacted June 16 2022 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-117publ146
  • United States Government Publishing Office enrolled text https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-117publ146/pdf/PLAW-117publ146.pdf

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