News / FMC's new rules on D&D don't address 'the elephant in the room'

© Andrey Popov

US shippers and truckers’ years of the “constant game of runaround” with detention and demurrage (D&D) invoices will likely be abated by the FMC’s new rules – but “erroneous” carrier invoices have still not been addressed.  

Last week, the FMC revised its D&D rules, and introduced new requirements for billing, timeframes and how to dispute unfair charges.   

The FMC said the revision would “promote supply chain fluidity by ensuring a clear connection between the failure to pick up cargo or ...