News / Shipper adds BAL to list of carriers it claims charged unfair D&D fees

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Butterfly-1, rebranded shipper Bed, Bath and Beyond (BBBY), has added extra claims of $9.5m to the millions it has already lodged with the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), after levelling accusations against BAL Container Line of unfair detention & demurrage (D&D) practices.

The complaint mirrors others, submitted to the FMC in the wake of the Shipping Reform Act, that claim carriers applied unfair D&D charges during the unprecedented pandemic-prompted congestion, not to free-up space and promote cargo movement, but to rake-in ...