Carriers drop calls at Hamburg after congestion builds at CTA
Congestion issues continue to plague Hamburg’s flagship automated Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA), due to operator ...
At the current count, the Federal Maritime Commission, via its Bureau of Enforcement (BOE) has levied $1.57m in fines to container carriers.
They have been accused of “knowingly and wilfully” applying detention and demurrage (D&D) fees to shippers, hauliers (commonly known as drayage firms in US parlance) and freight forwarders – in essence, anyone unlucky enough to be trying to deliver an empty container to either a port terminal or inland container depot.
So far, the list of penalised carriers comprises just ...
Comment on this article