{"id":5143,"date":"2020-10-27T15:46:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T19:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=5143"},"modified":"2020-10-27T15:46:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T19:46:21","slug":"bentzel-briefs-acscc-on-supply-chain-competitiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/bentzel-briefs-acscc-on-supply-chain-competitiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"Commissioner Bentzel Briefs the Commerce Department\u2019s Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness on Viability of Inland Waterway Shipments Connecting to International Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, October 22<sup>nd<\/sup>, Commissioner Carl Bentzel briefed the U.S. Department of Commerce\u2019s Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness (ACSCC) on the viability of building a robust inland waterway network based on the European inland waterway model. \u00a0A U.S. inland waterway network that utilizes existing freight capacity could eventually connect agriculture and manufacturers more directly to the international container shipping services and overseas markets.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trade.gov\/acscc-members\">ACSCC membership<\/a> is comprised of port directors, logistics companies, labor, retail, and trucking companies.\u00a0 Commissioner Bentzel\u2019s presentation (available upon request) focused on the steps that Europe has taken over the past thirty years to build out and market an inland waterway freight network.\u00a0 The results have helped relieve metropolitan areas of congestion, while utilizing the freight movement capacity of the waterways.<\/p>\n<p>The United States could be at a critical juncture in terms of recognizing the potential of its inland waterways system for moving freight and addressing the viability of this underutilized resource could make a critical difference in many ways.\u00a0 Additionally, integrating freight sharing technology on barges could provide shippers and operators with low cost options to assess potential new services and new market\u00a0opportunities, while relieving congestion. Ultimately, better utilization of the nation\u2019s inland infrastructure resources and \u200butilizing existing technology could help manage container throughput through our supply chain.\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n<p><em>Carl Bentzel is a Commissioner with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. The thoughts and comments expressed here are his own and do not necessarily represent the position of the Commission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, October 22nd, Commissioner Carl Bentzel briefed the U.S. Department of Commerce\u2019s Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness (ACSCC) on the viability of building a robust inland waterway network based on the European inland waterway model. \u00a0A U.S. inland waterway network that utilizes existing freight capacity could eventually connect... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/bentzel-briefs-acscc-on-supply-chain-competitiveness\/\">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":[39,7],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5143"}],"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=5143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5144,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5143\/revisions\/5144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}