IMPORTANT EVENT!

Intermodal Trucking Industry Webinar

on the FMC Demurrage and Detention Billing Proposed Rule

The Federal Maritime Commission recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Demurrage and Detention Billing Requirements. The proposal, which was mandated by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, would make significant positive changes for motor carriers by requiring that demurrage and detention invoices be sent only to “the person for whose account the billing party provided ocean transportation or storage.” As the FMC states in the preamble to the proposal, “practically, the proposed rule would prohibit billing parties from invoicing motor carriers.”  

The ATA Intermodal Motor Carrier Conference (IMCC) and the New Jersey Motor Truck Association (NJMTA) strongly supports the proposal and will be filing comments . Motor carriers will need to make their voice heard to FMC as well by filing their own comments. 

Please join us for an Intermodal Trucking Industry webinar to discuss the proposal. The webinar will walk through the key provisions of the proposal including who may be invoiced for demurrage and detention, what the invoices must include and the timeframes for proper billing. They will answer any questions you might have and provide examples of specific information that will be important as companies write their own comments. 

IMCC will also be providing sample comments for companies to use as a template for their own comments.  

All NJMTA members involved in intermodal trucking should attend this informative webinar.

Comments are due on December 13th. 

We need to ensure that FMC hears from our industry!

REGISTER HERE!