[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49315-49316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19722]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 14-11]


Petition of LCL Logistix (India) Pvt. Ltd dba LCL Lines (``LCL'') 
for a Declaratory Order; Notice of Filing of Petition

    Notice is hereby given that LCL Logistix(India) Pvt. Ltd dba LCL 
Lines (``LCL'') has petitioned the Federal Maritime Commission 
(``Commission'') pursuant to 46 CFR 502.68 (sic), for a declaratory 
order ``to remove uncertainty and terminate a controversy in regard to 
the justness and reasonableness of the demurrage practices of 
Mediterranean Shipping Company (``MSC'').'' (Petitioner's citation to 
46 CFR 502.68 appears to be a reference to the Commission's rule 
concerning Declaratory Orders and Fees, which rule was moved and is now 
found at 46 CFR 502.75, see 78 FR 45071, July 26, 2013.) Petitioner, a 
licensed non-vessel-operating common carrier, asks the Commission to 
declare ``whether it is a reasonable practice for MSC to wait to assert 
a claim for demurrage on containers for more than three years after the 
parties with an interest in the goods abandoned the cargo in those 
containers and authorized MSC to dispose of it, when MSC's delay 
resulted in the accrual of demurrage charges exceeding $230,000.00, 
which is many times greater than the value of the containers 
themselves.''
    Mediterranean Shipping Company is named in the petition and is 
requested, pursuant to 46 CFR 502.75(f)(2), to submit views or 
arguments in reply to the Petition no later than September 12, 2014. 
Replies shall consist of an original and five (5) copies, be directed 
to the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20573-0001, and be served on Petitioners' counsel, 
David P. Street, GKG Law, P.C., 1054 Thirty-first Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20007. A copy of the reply shall be submitted

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in PDF by email to [email protected]. The Petition in its entirety can 
be found on the Commission's Web site at http://www.fmc.gov/14-11.

Karen V. Gregory,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-19722 Filed 8-19-14; 8:45 am]
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