To the delight of many users of seaports, on February 14, 2020, it was published in the Official Gazette of the Union that ANTAQ (National Agency for Waterway Transportation), through a precautionary measure, ordered CMA-CGM DO BRASIL AGÊNCIA MARÍTIMA LTDA. to refrain from demanding payment for demurrage (demurrage of containers PRIOR to the return of the equipment, until there is a judgment on the merits of the process initiated by USUPORT-RJ.

The well-known French shipping company had recently been preventing importers and other users of seaports from returning containers, forcing them to remain in the port. status overstay (demurrage, because it did not indicate the exact location where the equipment should be returned.

Furthermore, the deadline demanded by the shipowners reached 48 (forty-eight) hours, which clearly demonstrates the abusiveness and disproportionality of such an act.

Therefore, the Association of Port Users of Rio de Janeiro (USUPORT-RJ) filed a precautionary measure with ANTAQ, given the abusive procedures that had been adopted by the shipping company CMA-CGM, successfully benefiting all companies operating in foreign trade that suffer daily from such abusive and anti-competitive practices by shipping companies.

News commented on by Rebeca Ayres, Lawyer, graduated in Law in Graduated in 2017 from the Baiana Faculty of Law/BA, specializing in Customs Law and Foreign Trade from Univali-Itajaí.. Areas of Expertise: Customs Law, Tax Law, and Maritime Law. OAB/BA 57.313 and OAB/SC 52.845.