{"id":5901,"date":"2021-08-31T14:52:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T18:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=5901"},"modified":"2021-08-31T14:52:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T18:52:46","slug":"july-2021-activity-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/july-2021-activity-report\/","title":{"rendered":"JULY 2021 ACTIVITY REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>STATEMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/fmc-establishes-ocean-carriers-audit-program\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FMC Establishes Ocean Carriers Audit Program<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Federal Maritime Commission established a new audit program and dedicated audit team to assess carrier compliance with the Agency\u2019s rule on detention and demurrage as well as to provide additional information beneficial to the regular monitoring of the marketplace for ocean cargo services.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/fmc-hears-proposals-addressing-supply-chain-and-cruise-issues\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FMC Hears Proposals Addressing Supply Chain and Cruise Issues<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recommendations to address ongoing port and supply chain congestion, and proposed changes to agency regulations related to refunds for cancelled cruise ship voyages, were topics addressed during the open session of a Federal Maritime Commission meeting held on July 28, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/new-fmc-and-doj-mou-supports-interagency-collaboration-on-antitrust-issues\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New FMC and DoJ MOU Supports Interagency Collaboration on Antitrust Issues<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Federal Maritime Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division signed an interagency Memorandum of Understanding to foster increased cooperation and communication in their respective oversight and enforcement responsibilities of the ocean liner shipping industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/chairman-daniel-b-maffei-attends-white-house-signing-ceremony-for-executive-order-on-competition\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chairman Daniel B. Maffei Attends White House Signing Ceremony for Executive Order on Competition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chairman Maffei attended the White House signing ceremony for President Biden\u2019s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/testimony-of-chairman-maffei-before-congress-review-of-fiscal-year-2022-budget\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Testimony of Chairman Daniel B. Maffei Before Congress: \u201cReview of FY 2022 Budget for the Coast Guard and the Maritime Transportation Programs\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Testimony of Chairman Maffei before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation on Fiscal Year 2022 Budget for the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Programs.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/remarks-of-commissioner-rebecca-dye-on-fact-finding-29-interim-recommendations\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remarks of Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye on Fact Finding 29 Interim Recommendations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Statement of Commissioner Dye regarding the Fact Finding 29 Interim Recommendations provided at the July 28, 2021, meeting of the Federal Maritime Commission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/statement-by-commissioner-bentzel-on-the-fmc-establishing-a-new-audit-program\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Statement of Commissioner Carl W. Bentzel on the FMC Establishing a New Carrier Audit Program<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commissioner Bentzel issued a statement addressing the establishment of the Commission\u2019s VOCC Audit Program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/letter-of-commissioner-sola-to-governor-desantis\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Letter of Commissioner Sola to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commissioner Sola wrote Governor DeSantis on the topic of COVID-19 vaccinations and cruise travel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/commission-meeting-scheduled-for-july-28-2021\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commission Meeting Scheduled for July 28, 2021<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Commission issued a Sunshine Act Meeting notice announcing a public hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/june-2021-activity-report\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 2021 Activity Report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>DECISIONS, ORDERS, & ENFORCEMENT<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interim Recommendations\u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/FFno29\/FF29%20Interim%20Recommendations.pdf\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fact Finding No. 29<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Order Affirming Initial Decision\u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/19-02\/19-02_Order_Affirm_IDnosig.pdf\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toyota de Puerto Rico Corp. v. Puerto Rico Ports Authority, Crowley Puerto Rico Services, Inc., and Oceanic General Agency Inc.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Docket No. 19-02)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Order Affirming-in-Part and Reversing-in-Part Initial Decision\u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/17-05\/17-05_Ordernosig.pdf\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMI Distribution Inc. v. Service by Air, Inc., Radian Customs Services Inc. (formerly known as SBA Consolidators, Inc.) and Las Freight System Ltd.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Docket No. 17-05)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>COMPETITION & AGREEMENTS<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Agreements Filed<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/317\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siem Car Carriers AS\/Hyundai Glovis Co., Ltd. Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 012161-004)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/344\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siem Car Carriers AS\/Hoegh Autoliners AS Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 012187-002)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/265\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glovis\/\u201dK\u201d Line Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 012214-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/276\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NYK\/EUKOR North America\/Far East Space Charter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Agreement (Agreement No. 012227-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/175\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siem Car Carriers AS\/Nippon Yusen Kaisha Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 012305-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/186\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NYK\/EUKOR North America\/Caribbean and Central America Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 012313-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/190\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOL\/Kyowa Shipping Co., Ltd Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 012318-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/15\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOKO Line\/NYK Bulk & Projects Space Charter and Cooperative Working Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 012322-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/53\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cK\u201d Line\/Volkswagen Konzernlogistik GmbH & Co. OHG Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 012360-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/1002\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">K Line\/NYK Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 012386-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/1006\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siem Car Carriers AS\/Liberty Global Logistics LLC Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 012390-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/1893\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liberty Global Logistics\/NYK Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 012422-001)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/1214\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The OCEAN Alliance Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 012426-006)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/1905\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOL\/NMCC\/WWOCEAN Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 012437-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/1931\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoegh Autoliners and NYK Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 012450-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/8147\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NMCC\/KYOWA Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 201247-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/21398\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMA CGM\/COSCO Shipping China-U.S. West Coast Service Slot Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 201298-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/26450\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sallaum Lines\/NYK Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 201326-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/34502\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APL\/Swire Guam, Saipan-S. Korea, Japan Slot Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 201348-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/36502\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foundation Carrier Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 201351-001)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/47520\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoegh Autoliners\/National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 201363)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/47525\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agreement Between the City of Los Angeles, the City of Long Beach, Portcheck, LLC, and Marine Terminal Operators<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 201364)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/47529\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lease Agreement Between the Commonwealth Ports Authority and Saipan Stevedore Company<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 201365)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/60\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Volkswagen Konzernlogistik GmbH & Co. OHG\/NYK Line Space Charter Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 201365-002)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/48502\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoegh Autoliners\/Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean\/EUKOR Car Carriers, Inc.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Agreement No. 201366)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>OTI LICENSING<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>OTI Licensing Activity<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applications 42<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revocations & Surrenders 11<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please see the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/oti\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OTI License Status Changes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> webpage for additional information.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STATEMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS FMC Establishes Ocean Carriers Audit Program The Federal Maritime Commission established a new audit program and dedicated audit team to assess carrier compliance with the Agency\u2019s rule on detention and demurrage as well as to provide additional information beneficial to the regular monitoring of the marketplace for... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/july-2021-activity-report\/\">Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38,4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5902,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5901\/revisions\/5902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}