Publication of Inaccurate or Inactive Ocean Common Carrier Tariffs; Order to Show Cause

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Federal Maritime Commission [Docket No. 11-20] This proceeding is instituted pursuant to sections 8 and 11 of the Shipping Act of 1984 (1984 Act), 46 U.S.C. 40501 , 41302 , and the Commission's regulations governing tariff requirements of ocean common carriers, 46 CFR part 520 . Section 8 of the 1984 Act, 46 U.S.C. 40501 , provides that an ocean common carrier holding out to provide service in the United States foreign trades must keep open to public inspection in an automated tariff system tariffs showing all of the carrier's rates, charges, classifications, rules, and practices between all points or ports on its own route and on any through route that has been established. The Commission's rules require that prior to the commencement of common carrier service pursuant to a published tariff, each common carrier must notify the Commission's Bureau of Trade Analysis (BTA) of the location of its tariff(s) and the publisher, if any, used to maintain its tariffs, by electronically submitting Form FMC-1 via the Commission's Web site. A list of the locations of all carrier and conference tariffs submitted on Form FMC-1 is published on the Commission's Web site. The list is updated in real-time to permit any interested person to obtain tariff information and to allow the Commission to assess carrier compliance with statutory tariff publication requirements. Any changes in this information or the carrier's name, organization number, home office address, or telephone must be immediate…