Congress mulls raft of supply chain bills – but one is missing, say BCOs
Beneficial cargo owners and logistics providers are looking to the US Congress for legislation to ...
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Dubbed OSRA22, the first US legislation for over 20 years to tackle the container shipping industry moved a step closer to reality yesterday after the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation cleared the bill to be voted on by senators. “The bill provides the Federal Maritime Commission … with greater authority and rule-making ability over certain practices by international ocean shipping companies, such as detention and demurrage fees and services offered to American exporters,” according to this report in ...
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