The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has announced the results of an investigation against the group Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) which has ended with the imposition of a fine of €22.67 million dollars for three types of violations of the Shipping Act. In FMC specified that the shipping company has violated the legislation for several years, initially in the period 2018-2020 by invoicing demurrage and detention fees to officers customs services such as "notify parties" in bills of lading despite the fact that these parties were not involved in the transport of the goods. For these infringements, the penalty was quantified in $65,000. In addition, the investigation found that MSC violated the Shipping Act by not including in its published tariffs in the period 2021-2023, a statement on those fees for non-operational reefer containers. The penalties imposed for These violations amount to $9,460,000. Finally, MSC is has been accused of charging its customers for demurrage and excessive detention for the use of its refrigerated containers that are not operational. For this conduct, the FMC has imposed a penalty of $5,000 for each violation, for a total of $13,145,000.