FMC seeks comment on container data accuracy
NewsThe Federal Maritime Commission seeks feedback on maritime data accuracy, focusing on container movement between service providers and impor...
US President takes “a shot” at liner shipping industry
NewsUS President Joe Biden in his “State of the Union” address tonight will take aim at the liner shipping industry....
Disquiet over China’s box-building control
NewsA report recently published by Carl Bentzel, a commissioner at the Washington (DC)-based Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), highlights growi...
US shippers cheer legislation to “discipline” ocean carriers
NewsUS exporters welcome the progress of legislation designed to prohibit ocean carriers unreasonably declining their cargo and tighten rules ar...
FMC moves on data
NewsThe US Federal Maritime Commission is taking steps towards a common set of maritime data for the US....
Regulating carriers to reduce supply chain congestion “doomed to fail”
NewsThe World Shipping Council says proposed US legislation to tighten regulation of carriers is based on “unworkable, unnecessary and duplica...
US furniture shipper files liner complaint with FMC
NewsThe American furniture and home furnishing company MCS Industries has filed complaints with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)...
US Congressmen want to require carriers to load US exports
NewsTwo US Congressmen are drafting legislation that would require carriers to make containers available for US exporters....
FMC looks at carrier billing practices
NewsThe Federal Maritime Commission will examine allegations that carriers “may be attempting to hold companies financially responsible for tr...
Lidinsky explains his P3 dissent
NewsThe P3 Vessel Sharing Agreement is in reality not an alliance or true vessel sharing arrangement ,but a merger of the top three global liner...
P3 plan approved by FMC
NewsThe US Federal Maritime Commission has granted regulatory approval for the P3 Alliance...
Clean Truck Program "to start next month"
NewsThe Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have announced their intention to begin collecting a US$35 per TEU on February 18 to support their C...