[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13083-13084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03518]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 24-10]


Impact Products, LLC and Safety Zone, LLC, Complainants v. Yang 
Ming Marine Transport Corp. Respondent; Notice of Filing of Complaint 
and Assignment

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 Yang Ming Marine 
Transport Corp. (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 existing under the 
laws of Taiwan with a principal place of business in Keelung, Taiwan 
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

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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/24-10/. 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. 2024-03518 Filed 2-20-24; 8:45 am]
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