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Demurrage and Detention Billing Requirements
The Federal Maritime Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on February 26, 2024. It took effect on May 28, 2024.
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What the agency says
In accordance with the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022, the Federal Maritime Commission (the Commission or FMC) is issuing regulations governing demurrage and detention billing requirements. This final rule requires common carriers and marine terminal operators to include specific minimum information on demurrage and detention invoices, outlines certain detention and demurrage billing practices, such as determination of which parties may appropriately be billed for demurrage or detention charges, and sets timeframes for issuing invoices, disputing charges with the billing party, and resolving such disputes. It adopts with changes the notice of proposed rulemaking published on October 14, 2022. Substantive changes allow consignees to be billed and clarify the timeframe for non-vessel-operating common carriers passing through demurrage and detention charges to issue their own invoices. Non-substantive changes improve clarity and remove drafting errors.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-02926
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Federal Maritime Commission
- Published
- February 26, 2024
- Takes effect
- May 28, 2024
- Dates
- This final rule is effective on May 28, 2024, except for instruction 2 adding Sec. 541.6, and instruction 3 adding Sec. 541.99, which are delayed. The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of these amendments.
- Docket
- Docket No. FMC-2022-0066
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3072-AC90
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 46 CFR 541
- Topics
- Common carriers; Exports; Imports
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 34
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| Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties 2026-10996 | Final rule | Jun 2 |
| Rulemaking Procedures 2026-09450 | Proposed rule | May 13 |
| Demurrage and Detention Billing Requirements Properly Issued Invoices Provision Set Aside by Court 2025-23920 | Final rule | Dec 29, 2025 |
| Delegations of Authority and Descriptions of Organization Components 2025-11306 | Final rule | Jun 20, 2025 |
| Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties 2025-00630 | Final rule | Jan 14, 2025 |
| Definition of Unreasonable Refusal To Deal or Negotiate With Respect to Vessel Space Accommodations Provided by an Ocean Common Carrier 2024-31017 · significant | Final rule | Jan 2, 2025 |
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