News / New FMC audit programme to check rule-compliance by largest ocean carriers

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The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) launched the ‘Vessel-Operating Common Carrier Audit Program’ on 19 July in an effort to monitor compliance with the detention & demurrage (D&D) rules and to monitor ocean shipping market in the US.

Chairman Daniel B. Maffei, who formally launched the initiative, has appointed Lucille Marvin, the Commission’s Managing Director, to lead the audit programme and the audit team.

FMC commissioner Carl Bentzel told The Loadstar: “The Audit programme is the first step in the FMC effort to ...