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The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has ruled in favour of the American Trucking Association (ATA), upholding a decision allowing US truckers to choose their own chassis provider.  

The association said: “ATA’s Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference (IMCC) hailed yesterday’s action by the full FMC to ...

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  • Ramon Silva

    February 15, 2024 at 4:42 pm

    This is a great victory not only for the truckers, but also for the importers. Still hurts when remember the unfair demurrages paid because “no chassis”

  • Borries Broszio

    February 16, 2024 at 8:48 am

    Hope now , that the enormous sums paid for unfair demourrages in 2020 to 2024 will have to be repayed by the ocean carriers to the importers.

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