FMC Looking Into Trucking Shortage Leading to Cargo Contract Abrogations
The Federal Maritime Commission is responding to importers' complaints that ocean carriers are unilaterally canceling the port/container yard-to-final-customer-destination leg of cargo contracts. The carriers say the shortage of trucking capacity is to blame The commission's Bureau of Enforcement began an…
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"expedited inquiry" into the cancellations on April 20, it announced April 23. Shipping lines will need to respond FMC's letters within 30 days.