[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 13085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03511]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[DOCKET NO. 24-09]


Notice of Filing of Complaint and Assignment; Impact Products, 
LLC and Safety Zone, LLC, Complainants, COSCO Shipping Lines Co., Ltd., 
Respondent

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 COSCO Shipping Lines 
Co., Ltd. (the ``Respondent''). Complainants state that the Commission 
has jurisdiction over the complaint pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 41301 through 
41309 and personal jurisdiction over the Respondent as an ocean common 
carrier, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 40102(18), that has entered into a 
service contract, 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 as a company organized under the 
laws of China with its United States office located in Secaucus, New 
Jersey and as a global ocean carrier. Complainants allege that 
Respondent 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 Respondent 
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/24-09/. 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. 2024-03511 Filed 2-20-24; 8:45 am]
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