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FMC says OSRA rules in place; charge-complaint process has led carriers to refund millions
Summary
Commissioner Rebecca Dye told a House subcommittee that two OSRA-mandated rules are in effect and that the commission27s charge-complaint process has produced voluntary refunds to shippers; members sought timelines for remaining rulemakings and pressed on enforcement resources.
The Federal Maritime Commission has completed two major rulemakings required by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 and says the agency27s new charge-complaint process has prompted carriers to return money to shippers.
Commissioner Rebecca Dye told the House Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation that the commission issued two OSRA-mandated final rules in 2024 addressing detention and demurrage and unreasonable refusal to deal with respect to vessel space. "Although the 2 final rules are operational today, we're still involved in litigation over the final outcome," Dye said. She added that the commission is continuing work on a shipping exchange registry and remaining elements of the unfair-or-unjustly-discriminatory regulations.
Dye described Section 10 of OSRA, which established a new…
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