FMC to Collect $1.5 Million from Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics to Settle Shipping Act Violation Allegations
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) and an affiliated company, Eukor Car Carriers, will pay $1.5 million in civil penalties as part of a settlement with the Federal Maritime Commission over alleged Shipping Act violations, the FMC said in an Oct. 11…
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news release (here). "This settlement is one of several similar enforcement actions against major players in the car carrier industry who elected to provide transportation under agreements concealed from the Commission and the shipping public," FMC Chairman Mario Cordero said. "The penalties exacted by the Commission reflect the seriousness with which [the] Commission views its responsibility to protect the shipping public from such unfair carrier practices. It is only through carrier adherence to their statutory obligation to file agreements that the Commission can fulfill its mission and its responsibility to shippers and competing carriers." The settlement resolves allegations that the companies worked with ocean common carriers to transport motorized vehicles without filing an agreement with the FMC, the agency said. The companies didn't admit to any Shipping Act violations, the FMC said. "WWL and EUKOR are committed to fair business practices and will continue to work with the FMC to this end," said a spokeswoman for WWL.