News / FMC 'compensation for shippers' plan will push carriers to return boxes

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Shippers in the US may soon be able to claim compensation for the storage of empty shipping containers that also accrue detention and demurrage (D&D) charges.

These are imposed by carriers on customers unable to return empty containers before a certain deadline.

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) chairman Daniel Maffei told representatives of the trucking and terminal operating community at the port of New York and New Jersey shippers should instead be compensated for storing empties.

“When ocean carriers continue to bring thousands of ...