A bill to amend the Shipping Act, 1916, in order to facilitate intermodal transportation.

Summary

Requires that a true copy, or, if oral, a true and complete memorandum, be filed with the Federal Maritime Commission of agreements involving the through intermodal transportation of property between points in the United States and points abroad or between points in the continental United States and points in noncontinguous States, territories, and possessions, between a vessel-operating common carrier by water, and a common carrier regulated under the Interstate Commerce Act and/or a direct air carrier regulated under the Federal Aviation Act and/or a carrier operating transportation company located in a foreign country whose facilities or instrumentalities are utilized for a portion of such through intermodal transportation. Directs the Federal Maritime Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Civil Aeronautics Board, within six months of the date of enactment of this Act, to promulgate uniform rules and regulations governing the content, format, and filing of tariffs providing for intermodal services and systems. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 814)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 14 January 1975

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