Provides, under the Shipping Act of 1916, that rates and charges for the barging and affreighting of containers or containerized cargo by…

Official title: A bill to confer exclusive jurisdiction on the Federal Maritime Commission over certain movements of merchandise by barge in foreign and domestic offshore commerce.

Provides, under the Shipping Act of 1916, that rates and charges for the barging and affreighting of containers or containerized cargo by barge between points in the United States, shall be filed solely with the Federal Maritime Commission where: (1) the cargo is moving between a foreign country or a noncontiguous State, territory, or possession and a point in the United States; (2) the transportation by barge between points in the United States is furnished by a terminal operator in lieu of a direct vessel call under through bill of lading; (3) such terminal operator is a public body subject to the Federal Maritime Commission, and the only one furnishing the barge service; and (4) such terminal operator is in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Federal Maritime Commission. Directs the Federal Maritime Commission to promulgate rules and regulations for the barge operations described in this Act.