News / US shipper accuses DSV of $900,000 'overbilling' amid contracts row

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The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is investigating efforts by DSV to unilaterally block termination rights and impose charges totalling $900,000 on one of its shippers.

Electronics manufacturer Hubbell entered a negotiated service arrangement (NSA) with DSV in April last year for Asia-US services, but claimed that, “almost immediately”, the NVOCC sought to change the agreement’s terms, citing “unspecified FMC concerns” that required changes to the wording of the document.

“DSV’s multiple proposed drafts actually sought material and substantive changes well beyond ...