# 2025-00780: Furniture Company Takes On Every Major Shipping Giant Simultaneously

2025-00780, Euromarket Designs, Inc., Complainant v. MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA; Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd.; Evergreen Line Joint Service Agreement (FMC Agreement No. 011982); Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd., Evergreen Marine (UK) Limited; Italia Marittima SpA; Evergreen Marine (Hong Kong) Ltd.; Evergreen Marine (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.; HMM Company Limited; Maersk A/S; CMA CGM S.A.; Apex Maritime Co., Inc.; China United Transport, Inc.; Cosco Shipping Lines Co., Ltd.; And Wan Hai Lines Ltd., Respondents; Notice of Filing of Complaint and Assignment, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-15, effective 2025-01-08 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00780
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00780
- Title: Euromarket Designs, Inc., Complainant v. MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA; Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd.; Evergreen Line Joint Service Agreement (FMC Agreement No. 011982); Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd., Evergreen Marine (UK) Limited; Italia Marittima SpA; Evergreen Marine (Hong Kong) Ltd.; Evergreen Marine (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.; HMM Company Limited; Maersk A/S; CMA CGM S.A.; Apex Maritime Co., Inc.; China United Transport, Inc.; Cosco Shipping Lines Co., Ltd.; And Wan Hai Lines Ltd., Respondents; Notice of Filing of Complaint and Assignment
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-15
- Effective: 2025-01-08
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Furniture Company Takes On Every Major Shipping Giant Simultaneously

## Summary

Euromarket Designs, a company from Illinois, has filed a complaint against several big shipping companies like MSC, Maersk, and Evergreen. They say these companies, which move goods across oceans, might have broken some rules in their service contracts. This complaint kicks off a review by the Federal Maritime Commission that could affect how these shipping giants operate and possibly impact shipping costs or contracts soon.

## Effects PRIA read

- Alleged Unjust Demurrage and Detention Charges: cost, medium. Euromarket Designs alleges that several ocean carriers assessed demurrage and detention charges when those charges were not "just or reasonable" because of circumstances outside the shipper's control and that some charges were assessed under non-compliant bills of lading. If true, this describes ex…
- Alleged Coercion and Service-Contract Failures: cost, medium. Euromarket Designs alleges some respondents who had service contracts systematically failed to meet service commitments and used coercion to force payment of extracontractual surcharges or to require amendments to service contracts before performing services. This alleges practices that could affec…

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## Sources
- [2025-00780 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00780/euromarket-designs-inc-complainant-v-msc-mediterranean-shipping-company-sa-ocean-network-express-pte)
- [2025-00780 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00780.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00780 (as of 2026-06-08).