{"id":5405,"date":"2021-02-26T14:11:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T18:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=5405"},"modified":"2021-02-26T14:11:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T18:11:16","slug":"january-2021-activity-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/january-2021-activity-report\/","title":{"rendered":"JANUARY 2021 ACTIVITY REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>STATEMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/nprm-on-service-contract-filing-relief\/\">Commission Issues Proposed Rule on Service Contract Filing Relief<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FMC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if adopted, will permit ocean carriers to file original service contracts at the agency up to 30 days after going into effect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/maximum-penalty-fees-adjusted\/\">Maximum Penalty Fees Adjusted<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FMC announced it will increase the maximum penalties assessed for statutory violations effective January 15, 2021, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/commissioner-daniel-b-maffei-remarks-transportation-club-of-tacoma-luncheon-meeting\/\">Remarks of Commissioner Maffei to Transportation Club of Tacoma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prepared remarks of Commissioner Maffei\u2019s presentation to the Transportation Club of Tacoma.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/commissioners-maffei-and-bentzel-urge-biden-administration-to-prioritize-vaccinations-for-maritime-industry\/\">Commissioners Maffei and Bentzel Urge Biden Administration to Prioritize Vaccinations for Maritime Industry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Commissioners Maffei and Bentzel sent a letter to President Biden reiterating the importance of vaccinating the maritime workforce.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/december-2020-activity-report\/\">December 2020 Activity Report<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>DECISIONS, ORDERS, & ENFORCEMENT<\/h2>\n<p>Final Rule\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/21-01\/21-01_FR_noSig.pdf\/\">Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties<\/a> (Docket No. 21-01)<\/p>\n<p>Notice of Proposed Rulemaking\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/20-22\/20-22_Not_Propsd_Rulemkg_Edited2.pdf\/\">Amending Service Contract Filing Requirements<\/a> (Docket No. 20-220<\/p>\n<p>Notice of Discontinuance of Proceeding\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/20-19\/20-19_discont_notice.pdf\/\">Astra Supply Chain, LLC and TDS Management, LLC v. Orient Star Transport Int\u2019l Ltd.<\/a> (Docket No. 20-19)<\/p>\n<p>Notice of Discontinuance of Proceeding\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/20-20\/20-20_Discont_Notice.pdf\/\">Astra Supply Chain, LLC and TDS Management, LLC v. B&Q Freight China Limited<\/a> (Docket No. 20-20)<\/p>\n<p>Notice of Discontinuance of Proceeding\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/20-21\/20-21_Discont_Notice.pdf\/\">Astra Supply Chain, LLC and TDS Management, LLC v. Qingdao Perimeter Global Logistics Co. Ltd. And Premier Global Logistics LLC<\/a> (Docket No. 20-21)<\/p>\n<h2>COMPETITION & AGREEMENTS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Agreements Filed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/639\">Dole Ocean Cargo Express\/King Ocean Services Limited, Inc.<\/a> (Agreement No. 011790-004)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/15263\">Crowley\/Seaboard Costa Rica & Panama Space Charter Agreement<\/a> (Agreement No. 201265-001)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/21386\">Australia New Zealand South Pacific Islands Agreement<\/a> (Agreement No. 201295-001)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/26453\">NPDL\/PFLG Slot Charter Agreement<\/a> (Agreement No. 201329-001)<\/p>\n<h2>OTI LICENSING<\/h2>\n<p><strong>OTI Licensing Activity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applications 56<\/p>\n<p>Revocations & Surrenders 18<\/p>\n<p>Please see the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/oti\/\">OTI License Status Changes<\/a>\u00a0webpage for additional information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STATEMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Commission Issues Proposed Rule on Service Contract Filing Relief The FMC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if adopted, will permit ocean carriers to file original service contracts at the agency up to 30 days after going into effect. Maximum Penalty Fees Adjusted The FMC announced... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/january-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\/5405"}],"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=5405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5406,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5405\/revisions\/5406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}