THE Alliance advances to American FMC the proposal to institute a bottom of emergency in case of insolvency of one of the parts of the agreement



William Doyle, commissioner of federal agency American Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), has announced that monday THE Alliance, the agreement of cooperation tightened from the company of Hapag-Lloyd navigation, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Linens), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. , it has introduced a demand for amendment to the agreement with which it invites the FMC to elaborate norms in order to institute, to manage and to concur to the financing of a bottom of emergency destined to safeguard from the consequent effects to the eventual state of difficulty financial institution or for insolvency in which one of the parts of the agreement had to be found.

Doyle has been declared pleased that THE Alliance has turned to the FMC such invitation, demand that is advanced speeding up a accelerated examination of the request.

"At the beginning of this year - Doyle has remembered - they have been anticipates in quality of reporter on the failure of the Hanjin to the held conference of TPM Long Beach, in California. I have emphasized that the collapse of Hanjin Shipping happened in August 2016 has been an alarm bell for the entire chain of marine transport and the logistics. More than 14 billion dollars than goods they are blocked in sea on 100 scattered ships all over the world. It is absolutely essential - it has emphasized the commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission - than another disaster as that of the Hanjin does not happen of new. The companies - Doyle has asserted - can fail, but the responsibility is of all, at least in so far as we make sure that damages do not happen as those which they have happened after the crisis of the Hanjin".

"Looking to the past - it has continued Doyle - the things could have been lead differently. Looking to the future, the things will have to be made in various way. We need safeguards and THE Alliance is going in this important direction".

"Creed firmly that if a carrier joins to an alliance - Doyle has explained - is responsibility of the members of the alliance to make sure that the goods arrives where must arrive. If a carrier fails and that carrier participates to an alliance, the goods transported on the ships of the bankrupt company can only be equivalent to a fraction of the transported containerized volumes. The majority of the containers can belong to the other carriers of the alliance. My observation is this: the Hanjin was transporting not only cargos of the Hanjin but also of the other members of the alliance of CKYHE", alliance that Hanjin Shipping beside companies COSCO saw Container Lines (COSCON), "K" Linens, Yang Ming Line and Evergreen Line.

"In the chain of the marine transport - it has evidenced Doyle - all have an impact quickly negative. Therefore it is essential that all assume responsibility. The responsibility is that to carry the ship in port and to unload it, to load the container empty on board and to bring back the ship in sea".

Doyle has specified that in estimating the amendment proposed to the agreement of the companies of THE Alliance will take also in consideration all the reliefs introduced from the interested parts.