{"id":3725,"date":"2014-03-08T18:05:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T03:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=3725"},"modified":"2025-01-17T02:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T07:53:02","slug":"2-shipping-companies-reach-settlement-in-puerto-rico-price-fixing-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/03\/08\/2-shipping-companies-reach-settlement-in-puerto-rico-price-fixing-case\/","title":{"rendered":"2 shipping companies reach settlement in Puerto Rico price fixing case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"ArticleTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shutterstock_121636234.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3765\" alt=\"shutterstock_121636234\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shutterstock_121636234-300x201.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shutterstock_121636234-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shutterstock_121636234.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"90%\" \/>\n<p>SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico &#8211; The U.S. Justice Department says two shipping companies have agreed to civil settlements following accusations that they fixed prices of government cargo transportation contracts between the U.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy levitra super force online <a href=\"https:\/\/maranavetclinic.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-super-force.html\">https:\/\/maranavetclinic.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-super-force.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>S. and Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said Sea Star Line LLC agreed to pay .<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy voltaren online <a href=\"https:\/\/maranavetclinic.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/voltaren.html\">https:\/\/maranavetclinic.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/voltaren.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>9 million and Horizon Lines LLC $1.5 million to settle the cases.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. government had accused them of sharing confidential bidding information with each other to set predetermined rates for specific routes.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said Friday the agreement affected contracts with the U.S. Postal Service and the Department of Agriculture, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Both companies had previously pleaded guilty to anticompetitive conduct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico &#8211; 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