Notice2024-03511
Notice of Filing of Complaint and Assignment; Impact Products, LLC and Safety Zone, LLC, Complainants, COSCO Shipping Lines Co., Ltd., Respondent
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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 13085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03511]
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
[DOCKET NO. 24-09]
Notice of Filing of Complaint and Assignment; Impact Products,
LLC and Safety Zone, LLC, Complainants, COSCO Shipping Lines Co., Ltd.,
Respondent
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 COSCO Shipping Lines
Co., Ltd. (the ``Respondent''). Complainants state that the Commission
has jurisdiction over the complaint pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 41301 through
41309 and personal jurisdiction over the Respondent as an ocean common
carrier, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 40102(18), that has entered into a
service contract, 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 as a company organized under the
laws of China with its United States office located in Secaucus, New
Jersey and as a global ocean carrier. Complainants allege that
Respondent 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 Respondent
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/24-09/">https://www2.fmc.gov/readingroom/proceeding/24-09/</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. 2024-03511 Filed 2-20-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6730-02-P
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