[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 13084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03510]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 24-08]


Notice of Filing of Complaint and Assignment; Impact Products, 
LLC and Safety Zone, LLC, Complainants, v. Orient Overseas Container 
Line Ltd. and OOCL (Europe) Ltd., Respondents

Served: February 14, 2024.
    Notice is given that a complaint has been filed with the Federal 
Maritime Commission (the ``Commission'') by Impact Products, LLC and 
Safety Zone, LLC (the ``Complainants'') against Orient Overseas 
Container Line Limited and OOCL (Europe) Limited (the ``Respondents''). 
Complainants state that the Commission has jurisdiction over the 
complaint pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 41301 through 41309 and personal 
jurisdiction over the Respondents as ocean common carriers, as defined 
in 46 U.S.C. 40102(18), that entered into service contracts, as defined 
in 46 U.S.C. 40102(21), with the Complainants.
    Complainant Impact Products, LLC is a corporation located in 
Toledo, Ohio. Complainant Safety Zone, LLC is a corporation located in 
Guilford, Connecticut. Complainants are shippers as this term is 
defined under 46 U.S.C. 40102(23).
    Complainants identify Respondent Orient Overseas Container Line 
Limited as a company existing under the laws of Hong Kong with its 
principal place of business in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, and as a global 
ocean carrier.
    Complainants identify Respondent OOCL (Europe) Limited as a company 
existing under the laws of the United Kingdom with a principal place of 
business in Suffolk, United Kingdom, and as a global ocean carrier.
    Complainants allege that Respondents violated 46 U.S.C. 41102(c) 
and 41104(a)(10) and 46 CFR 545.5. Complainants allege these violations 
arose from assessment of demurrage, detention, per diem, and yard 
storage charges during periods of time in which the charges were not 
just or reasonable because of circumstances outside the control of the 
Complainants and its agents and service providers, and from the acts or 
omissions of the Respondents that led to the assessment of these 
charges.
    An answer to the complaint must be filed with the Commission within 
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/24-08/. This proceeding has been assigned to the Office of 
Administrative Law Judges. The initial decision of the presiding judge 
shall be issued by February 14, 2025, and the final decision of the 
Commission shall be issued by August 29, 2025.

David Eng,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-03510 Filed 2-20-24; 8:45 am]
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