Notice2024-03510
Notice of Filing of Complaint and Assignment; Impact Products, LLC and Safety Zone, LLC, Complainants, v. Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. and OOCL (Europe) Ltd., Respondents
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Published
February 21, 2024
Issuing agencies
Federal Maritime Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 13084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03510]
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
[Docket No. 24-08]
Notice of Filing of Complaint and Assignment; Impact Products,
LLC and Safety Zone, LLC, Complainants, v. Orient Overseas Container
Line Ltd. and OOCL (Europe) Ltd., Respondents
Served: February 14, 2024.
Notice is given that a complaint has been filed with the Federal
Maritime Commission (the ``Commission'') by Impact Products, LLC and
Safety Zone, LLC (the ``Complainants'') against Orient Overseas
Container Line Limited and OOCL (Europe) Limited (the ``Respondents'').
Complainants state that the Commission has jurisdiction over the
complaint pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 41301 through 41309 and personal
jurisdiction over the Respondents as ocean common carriers, as defined
in 46 U.S.C. 40102(18), that entered into service contracts, as defined
in 46 U.S.C. 40102(21), with the Complainants.
Complainant Impact Products, LLC is a corporation located in
Toledo, Ohio. Complainant Safety Zone, LLC is a corporation located in
Guilford, Connecticut. Complainants are shippers as this term is
defined under 46 U.S.C. 40102(23).
Complainants identify Respondent Orient Overseas Container Line
Limited as a company existing under the laws of Hong Kong with its
principal place of business in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, and as a global
ocean carrier.
Complainants identify Respondent OOCL (Europe) Limited as a company
existing under the laws of the United Kingdom with a principal place of
business in Suffolk, United Kingdom, and as a global ocean carrier.
Complainants allege that Respondents violated 46 U.S.C. 41102(c)
and 41104(a)(10) and 46 CFR 545.5. Complainants allege 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
Complainants and its agents and service providers, and from the acts or
omissions of the Respondents that led to the assessment of these
charges.
An answer to the complaint must be filed with the Commission within
25 days after the date of service.
The full text of the complaint can be found in the Commission's
electronic Reading Room at <a href="https://www2.fmc.gov/readingroom/proceeding/24-08/">https://www2.fmc.gov/readingroom/proceeding/24-08/</a>. This proceeding has been assigned to the Office of
Administrative Law Judges. The initial decision of the presiding judge
shall be issued by February 14, 2025, and the final decision of the
Commission shall be issued by August 29, 2025.
David Eng,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-03510 Filed 2-20-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6730-02-P
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