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.