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Must the public Essential Terms ETs) appear in any particular format?

April 26, 2017appear Essential ETS format particular public terms

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Must the public Essential Terms ETs) appear in any particular format?

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Federal law requires that public ETs be made public in “tariff format.” Shipping Act of 1984, as amended. The Commission’s rules require that public ETs be published in a separate part of the carrier party’s tariff publication. 46 C.F.R. § 530.12(c). Carrier parties may publish public ETs in a separate service contract essential terms publication tariff. Public ETs may be organized in any manner, e.g., by trade, as a separate tariff type, etc. All public ETs must include a reference to a carrier-assigned service contract (“SC”) number.