[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 37541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12209]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 23-04]


Ports America Chesapeake, LLC and Marine Terminals Corporation-
East, Complainants v. APS East Coast, Inc., Respondent; Notice of 
Filing of Complaint and Assignment

    Notice is given that a complaint has been filed with the Federal 
Maritime Commission (Commission) by Ports America Chesapeake, LLC and 
Marine Terminals Corporation-East (hereinafter ``Complainants'') 
against APS East Coast, Inc. (hereinafter ``Respondent''). Complainant 
states that it is a limited liability company organized under the laws 
of Delaware with a principal place of business in Maryland. Complainant 
Marine Terminals Corporation-East is a corporation organized under the 
laws of California with a principal place of business in Maryland. 
Complainants identify APS East Coast, Inc. as an auto processing 
business and Marine Terminal Operator organized under the laws of 
Delaware, with a principal place of business in Florida and generally 
doing business as AMPORTS.
    Complainants alleges that Respondent violated 46 U.S.C. 41102(c) 
and 41106(2)-(3), as well as 46 CFR 545.5, regarding its practices and 
procedures and the billing and payment of costs, including assessing 
access fees on allegedly ``non-preferred'' stevedores, as well as 
preferences for certain stevedoring providers, an additional 14-day 
notice requirement and advance approval process for non-preferred 
stevedores, and unreasonably refusing to deal. An answer to the 
complaint is due to be filed with the Commission within twenty-five 
(25) days after the date of service.
    The full text of the complaint can be found in the Commission's 
Electronic Reading Room at https://www2.fmc.gov/readingroom/proceeding/23-04/. This proceeding has been assigned to Office of Administrative 
Law Judges. The initial decision of the presiding officer in this 
proceeding shall be issued by June 3, 2024, and the final decision of 
the Commission shall be issued by December 17, 2024.

    Served: June 2, 2023.
William Cody,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-12209 Filed 6-7-23; 8:45 am]
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