Up to $1.5m fee for every Chinese-built box ship calling at a US port
Following its investigation into what it concluded was unfair Chinese state support of maritime supply ...
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By Mike Wackett
US lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) of 2022, which will see the Federal Maritime Commission’s (FMC) powers greatly increased.
The bill still needs the signature of President Joe Biden, but that is seen as a formality, given his recent critical comments on ocean carriers.
FMC chairman Daniel Maffei said: “I applaud today’s passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 by the US House of Representatives and look forward to this legislation being signed ...
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