Notice2024-03139
Notice of Filing of Amended Complaint and Assignment; Visual Comfort & Co., Complainant V. Cosco Shipping Lines Co., Ltd., Respondent
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Published
February 15, 2024
Issuing agencies
Federal Maritime Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 11834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03139]
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
[Docket No. 24-01]
Notice of Filing of Amended Complaint and Assignment; Visual
Comfort & Co., Complainant V. Cosco Shipping Lines Co., Ltd.,
Respondent
Served: February 9, 2024.
Notice is given that an amended complaint has been filed with the
Federal Maritime Commission (the ``Commission'') by Visual Comfort &
Co. (the ``Complainant'') against COSCO Shipping Lines Co., Ltd. (the
``Respondent''). Complainant states that the Commission has
jurisdiction over the amended complaint pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 41301
through 41309 and personal jurisdiction over Respondent as an ocean
common carrier as defined in 46 CFR 520.2.
Complainant is a corporation organized under the laws of Texas with
its principal place of business located in Houston, Texas, and is a
shipper as defined in 46 U.S.C. 40102(23).
Complainant identifies Respondent as a Chinese global ocean carrier
located in Shanghai, People's Republic of China with an office/general
agent in the United States located in Secaucus, New Jersey, and as a
vessel-operating ocean common carrier as defined in 46 U.S.C.
40102(18).
Complainant alleges that Respondent violated 46 U.S.C. 41102(c) and
41104(a)(10) and 46 CFR 545.5. Complainant alleges these violations
arose from assessment of demurrage, detention, per diem, and yard
storage charges during periods of time in which the charges were not
just or reasonable because of circumstances outside the control of the
Complainant and its agents and service providers, and from the acts or
omissions of the Respondent that led to the assessment of these
charges.
An answer to the amended complaint must be filed with the
Commission within 14 days after the date of service of the
Administrative Law Judge's Order Granting Complainant's Motion to Amend
Complaint and Substitute Respondent, and Granting Respondent's Motion
to Dismiss.
The full text of the amended complaint can be found in the
Commission's electronic Reading Room at <a href="https://www2.fmc.gov/readingroom/proceeding/24-01/">https://www2.fmc.gov/readingroom/proceeding/24-01/</a>. This proceeding has been assigned to
Administrative Law Judge Linda S. Harris Crovella. The initial decision
of the presiding judge shall be issued by January 6, 2025, and the
final decision of the Commission shall be issued by July 21, 2025.
David Eng,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-03139 Filed 2-14-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6730-02-P
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