Notice2023-17574
Mediterranean Shipping Company, S.A.; Possible Violations of the Shipping Act; Order of Investigation and Hearing
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Published
August 16, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Maritime Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17574]
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
[Docket No. 23-08]
Mediterranean Shipping Company, S.A.; Possible Violations of the
Shipping Act; Order of Investigation and Hearing
AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.
ACTION: Notice of order of investigation and hearing.
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DATES: The Order of Investigation and Hearing was issued on August 10,
2023.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 10, 2023, the Federal Maritime
Commission (the ``Commission'') instituted an Order of Investigation
and Hearing against Mediterranean Shipping Company, S.A. (the
``Respondent'') for possible violations of the Shipping Act, 46 U.S.C.
chs. 401-413. The Order of Investigation and Hearing was issued to
determine whether the Respondent has violated:
(1) section 41102(c) of the Shipping Act by failing to establish,
observe, and enforce just and reasonable regulations and practices
relating to or connected with receiving, handling, storing, or
delivering property by (a) holding parties who have not consented to be
bound by its bill of lading or sea waybill liable for detention and
demurrage or per diem charges, and (b) misapplying its operating reefer
rates to non-operating reefer (NOR) shipments;
(2) section 40501 of the Shipping Act by failing to: (a) publish in
its tariff separate detention and demurrage rates for nonoperating
reefers for public inspection; (b) publish its tariffs and state each
charge under its control and any rules that in any way change, affect
or determine any part of the total of its rates or charges; and (c)
publish the nonoperating reefer rate for public inspection; and
(3) section 41104(a)(2)(A) of the Shipping Act by providing
transportation in the liner trade that was not in accordance with the
rates, charges, classifications, rules, and practices contained in its
published tariff.
The full text of the Order of Investigation and Hearing can be
found in the Commission's electronic Reading Room at <a href="https://www2.fmc.gov/readingroom/proceeding/23-08/">https://www2.fmc.gov/readingroom/proceeding/23-08/</a>.
Authority: 46 U.S.C. chs. 401-413.
William Cody,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-17574 Filed 8-15-23; 8:45 am]
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