{"id":6065,"date":"2021-10-28T15:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=6065"},"modified":"2021-10-28T15:00:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T19:00:31","slug":"fmc-holds-first-meeting-of-the-national-shipper-advisory-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/fmc-holds-first-meeting-of-the-national-shipper-advisory-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"FMC Holds First Meeting of the National Shipper Advisory Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Individuals who represent companies importing and exporting cargo to and from the United States gathered virtually Wednesday for the inaugural meeting of the Federal Maritime Commission\u2019s National Shipper Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee was created by Congress as part of legislation enacted into law earlier this year.\u00a0 The purpose of the Committee is to advise the FMC on policies relating to the competitiveness, reliability, integrity, and fairness of the international ocean freight delivery system.\u00a0 The Committee will be responsible for identifying the scope of its work and for providing its advice, reports, and recommendations to the Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee also exists as a resource for the FMC to consult.\u00a0 Members were asked at today\u2019s meeting to begin discussions on three broad categories of interest to the FMC: information sharing and transparency; cargo fees and surcharges; and current conditions in the supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the first meeting was devoted to organizational and administrative tasks.\u00a0 Prior to the meeting, members elected Brian Bumpass, Brenntag North America, and Michael Symonanis, Louis Dreyfus Company, as the Committee\u2019s Chair and Vice Chair, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Minutes of Wednesday\u2019s meeting will be posted for the public on the FMC\u2019s website after they are certified.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Committee represent retailers, agricultural producers, food and beverage companies, and ocean transportation intermediaries.\u00a0 Committee members are appointed for three-year terms that expire December 31, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Future meetings of the Committee will be announced on the FMC\u2019s website and in the Federal Register.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Individuals who represent companies importing and exporting cargo to and from the United States gathered virtually Wednesday for the inaugural meeting of the Federal Maritime Commission\u2019s National Shipper Advisory Committee. The Committee was created by Congress as part of legislation enacted into law earlier this year.\u00a0 The purpose of the... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/fmc-holds-first-meeting-of-the-national-shipper-advisory-committee\/\">Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6065"}],"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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6066,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6065\/revisions\/6066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}