Zim ordered to pay Samsung $3.7m for 'wrongful' D&D charges
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has ruled that Israeli carrier Zim violated the US Shipping ...
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The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has ordered Maersk-owned operator Hamburg Süd to pay US furniture shipper OJ Commerce (OJC) $9.8m after refusing contracted cargo space for its containers.
FMC found the carrier in violation of provision 41104(a)(10) “refusal to deal”, ruling it unjustly shut-out the Florida-based complainant from contract agreements – but awarded the shipper only around 10% of the $100m compensation it claimed.
The commission reduced the award, finding that “total actual injury” to OJC by Hamburg ...
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