FMC Accepts Further Public Comments
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued a press release to inform that is accepting further public comments on the P3 Network Vessel Sharing Agreement until midnight Friday, November 29, 2013. On October 24, 2013, A. P. Moller-Maersk A/S, CMA CGM S.A. and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, S.A. filed theP3 Network Vessel Sharing Agreementwith FMC.
The proposed agreement would authorize the applicants to share vessels and engage in related cooperative operating activities in the trades between Asia, North Europe, and the Mediterranean on the one hand and the U.S. on the other hand.
If the FMC takes no action to seek an injunction or to require additional information, the agreement will become effective on Sunday, December 8, 2013.
Comments should address data and information related to the legal standards embodied in Section 6(g) of the Shipping Act of 1984, as amended by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998
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