Are Shippers Associations required to file tariffs with any government agency?
No. Shippers’ Associations are not common carriers. They do not hold themselves out to serve the general public, but are instead membership organizations. They thus are not legally required to file tariffs with any federal agency of the United States or to publish such rates generally through a privatized system. 3. Is membership in a Shippers’ Association limited to beneficial interest shippers or can intermediaries such as NVOCCs, warehousemen, ocean or surface freight forwarders, property brokers, or other companies join an association? All entities that are shippers (or receivers) can belong to Shippers’ Associations. Since associations are not subject to domestic regulation, there is no limitation on the type of member that may belong to an association operating within the United States. This means that, in addition to cargo interests, shippers’ agents, brokers, other intermediaries and carriers may form or join associations. As to international operations, government policy has h
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