FMC Dismisses Complaint Involving Delayed Shipment to Ukraine
A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge on Dec. 18 dismissed a complaint against CMA CGM, saying that New York-based freight forwarder Marine Transport Logistics (MTL) failed to show that the France-based ocean carrier routinely engaged in unreasonable conduct with container shipments.
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MTL was unable to prove, for example, that the shipment of five containers to Odesa, Ukraine, was delayed by anything other than Russia’s February 2022 invasion, which forced the cargo to be rerouted, the judge wrote. A delay in the shipment of a container to Libya because it included a banned jet ski was reasonable, the 38-page opinion says.
MTL had sought $600,000 in damages, including loss of business, but the judge concluded there was “limited evidence” of business losses.