Department Of Transportation

Demurrage Liability

December 10, 2010 - 75 FR 76946 - RIN: - Download Full Notice: Text | PDF

Through this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), the Board is instituting a proceeding regarding demurrage, i.e., charges for holding rail cars. The agency's intent is to adopt a rule or policy statement addressing when parties should be responsible for demurrage in light of current commercial practices followed by rail carriers, shippers, and receivers.

Agency Contact: Craig Keats at 202-245-0260. (Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.)

This is a proposed regulation. Comments were due on February 23, 2011.


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