Notice2024-19672
Notice of Filing of Complaint and Assignment; INTERNATIONAL LUMBER IMPORTS, INC., Complainant v. CEVA FREIGHT, LLC; ZIM INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICE LTD.; AND ZIM AMERICAN INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICES COMPANY CO. LLC, Respondents
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Published
September 3, 2024
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Federal Maritime Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[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: 2024-19672]
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
[DOCKET NO. 24-27]
Notice of Filing of Complaint and Assignment; INTERNATIONAL
LUMBER IMPORTS, INC., Complainant v. CEVA FREIGHT, LLC; ZIM INTEGRATED
SHIPPING SERVICE LTD.; AND ZIM AMERICAN INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICES
COMPANY CO. LLC, Respondents
Served: August 23, 2024.
Notice is given that a complaint has been filed with the Federal
Maritime Commission (the ``Commission'') by International Lumber
Imports, Inc. (the ``Complainant'') against CEVA Freight, LLC; ZIM
Integrated Shipping Service Ltd.; and ZIM American Integrated Shipping
Services Company Co. LLC. Complainant states that the Commission has
subject matter jurisdiction over the complaint pursuant to the Shipping
Act of 1984, as amended, 46 U.S.C. 40101 et seq., personal jurisdiction
over ZIM Integrated Shipping Service Ltd. and ZIM American Integrated
Shipping Services Company Co. LLC (``Respondent ZIM'') as a common
carrier and a vessel-operating ocean common carrier, as these terms are
defined in 46 U.S.C. 40102, and personal jurisdiction over CEVA
Freight, LLC when acting as a regulated entity by attempting to pass
through detention charges subject to the complaint.
Complainant is a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Florida with its principal place of business in
Sarasota, Florida.
Complainant identifies Respondent CEVA Freight, LLC as having an
address in Miami, Florida and as acting as a delivery agent for Pyramid
Lines Ltd., d/b/a Pyramid Lines, and as consignee on Respondent ZIM
bills of lading for the shipments that are subject to the complaint.
Complainant identifies Respondent ZIM Integrated Shipping Service
Ltd. as a global ocean carrier with a corporate address in Haifa,
Israel, and as conducting business in the United States through ZIM
American Integrated Shipping Services Company Co. LLC, with its
principal corporate office in Norfolk, Virginia.
Complainant alleges that Respondent ZIM violated 46 U.S.C. 41102(c)
and 46 CFR 545.5. Complainant alleges these violations arose from the
assessment of detention charges during the period in which the
containers were subject to a government hold, the assessment of
demurrage charges that serve no incentivizing principle and do not
promote freight fluidity, and a refusal to extend free time or waive or
reduce demurrage charges for containers that were unavailable for
pickup. Complainant alleges that Respondent CEVA Freight, LLC is
interwound with the violations of Respondent ZIM and is a necessary and
indispensable party.
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/24-27/">https://www2.fmc.gov/readingroom/proceeding/24-27/</a>. This proceeding has been assigned to the Office of
Administrative Law Judges. The initial decision of the presiding judge
shall be issued by August 25, 2025, and the final decision of the
Commission shall be issued by March 11, 2026.
David Eng,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-19672 Filed 8-30-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6730-02-P
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