News / FMC orders probe into provider practices as chassis trouble flares up again

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The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has opened an investigation into the actions of the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association (OCEMA), following reports that the organisation and its members are not complying with a ruling on rights of shippers and truckers on choosing chassis to move containers.

In February, an FMC administrative law judge ruled that OCEMA’s practice of requiring truckers to use specific intermodal chassis providers to move containers violates the US Shipping Act and issued a cease-and-desist order to ...