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The Federal Maritime
Commission (FMC) Rules & Regulations require each NVOCC to file all ocean
freight rates and transport related charges in an Internet based tariff,
available for the FMC 7/24 free of charge, just like the one used by
Lalandia, Inc.
For that purpose, a NVOCC
should follow the following tariff filing procedure, in order to comply with
the above mentioned rules and regulations:
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Upon receipt of a firm
booking from a party (Co-Loading NVOCC, Cargo Broker, Shipper, Consignee
or a duly FMC Licensed Freight Forwarder), the NVOCC's documentation
department should verify the company's FMC tariff, if the agreed upon rate
by the sales department for the commodity, port pair and service type is
already on filed in the tariff and in effect on the scheduled date of
shipment.
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If the very same
rate is already on file, no further FMC filing action is required and the
receipt of the cargo (dock receipt) can take place at any time
hereinafter.
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If the present filed rate
for the commodity, port pair and service type is higher than
the rate offered for the firm booking, the documentation department should
file the reduced rate immediately with Lalandia via the "Rate Request
Form" with immediate effect for the time period expected i.e. 30/60/90 or
more days.
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Should the present filed
rate for the commodity, port pair and service type be lower
and in effect on the scheduled loading date, as per the booking
confirmation, the booking has to be accepted at the present filed lower
rate level. A higher rate can only be filed with 30 days notice, so unless
the cargo can wait 30 days to be loaded, the NVOCC has to accept the
shipment at the lower already filed freight rate.
Should the FMC audit a
rated bill of lading or a separate freight invoice, the FMC will look at the
bottom line total freight cost and compare this amount with the calculated
bottom line of the FMC Tariff rate system. The bottom lines should be
exactly the same whether is for LTL or full container loads. |
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