Free Market Antitrust Immunity Reform (FAIR) Act of 2001: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 1253, June 5, 2002U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - 194 páginas |
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ability alliances allow carriers American and/or anti-trust exemptions antitrust immunity antitrust laws arrangements average costs benefits cargo carriers and shippers cartel Chairman SENSENBRENNER Committee competition policy conference carriers CONGRESS THE LIBRARY consortia container ships containerised Containerization demand destructive competition discussion agreements economic efficient ensure export Federal Maritime Commission Figure freight rates global Hapag Lloyd Hoffa impact important inbound increase independent operators international liner shipping investment Jim Sensenbrenner legislation levels LIBRARY OF CONGRESS liner industry liner markets liner operators liner prices liner services liner shipping industry liner shipping sector Maersk Sealand major marginal cost Maritime Transport market share negotiated NVOCCs ocean carriers Ocean Shipping Reform OECD OSRA overcapacity P&O Nedlloyd port drivers price-fixing rate discussions regulation regulatory reform routes service contracts shippers and carriers Shipping Act Shipping Reform Act shipping services stability surcharges Trans-Pacific trends United vessels westbound World Shipping Council
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Página 3 - Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give before this committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing hut the truth, so help you God ? Mr.
Página 71 - ... means a common carrier that does not operate the vessels by which the ocean transportation is provided, and is a shipper in its relationship with an ocean common carrier.
Página 87 - Reform economic regulations in all sectors to stimulate competition, and eliminate them except where clear evidence demonstrates that they are the best way to serve broad public interests.
Página 3 - Would each of you please stand and raise your right hand and take the oath. Do each of you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give before this Committee shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you, God?
Página 16 - ... Exchange in San Francisco and the Pacific American Steamship Association. The Maritime Administration strongly supported the project and secured technical assistance from all other concerned governmental agencies. Support and assistance was also generously given by the American Merchant Marine Institute, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, and the New York Foreign Forwarders & Brokers Association. The National Facilitation Committee, an official US Government interagency...
Página 104 - They agree on charters, space/slot charters, the use of joint terminals, co-ordination of containers, pooling of containers and estahlishment of container stations, vessel feeder routes and co-ordination (where permitted) of inland services. The parties may agree on information exchanges and procedures. In other words, they look to full operational integration of each participant's services into one whole.
Página 104 - The separate route agreements may cover the employment and utilisation of vessels including joint vessel route assignments, itineraries, sailing schedules, the type and size of vessels to be employed, additions and withdrawal of capacity, ports and port rotations, and operations over the whole global system.
Página 95 - Colomho, transhipment accounts for up to 70% of port throughput. These movements have grown in importance as liner operators have invested heavily in larger capacity ships on the main trunk routes These ships are 5. "( .iml.uiK-riviiu.m liium.iiii.niil.
Página 52 - The fact of the matter is, whatever the level of the rates are at the present time, they're not the market rates. They're not the rates that would he set in a competitive circumstance.
Página 13 - ... prices for inland transport services as part of a multimodal transport operation for the carriage of containerised cargo hetween northern Europe and the Far East."II The ocean carriers...