{"id":1049,"date":"2015-01-15T11:59:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T15:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2018-10-14T18:46:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T22:46:45","slug":"congestion-at-u-s-ports-is-commission-priority-for-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/congestion-at-u-s-ports-is-commission-priority-for-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Congestion at U.S. Ports is Commission Priority for 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>January 15, 2015<\/div>\n<p>On January 13, 2015, Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Mario Cordero announced to staff that his priority for the Commission in 2015 is addressing congestion issues that are plaguing the Nation\u2019s ports. Starting in September 2014, FMC Commissioners led public forums concerning port congestion and international supply chain efficiency issues. The Chairman noted that this focus is in keeping with the\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/StrategicPlan2014-2018.pdf\">Commission\u2019s 2014-2018 Strategic Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Cordero stated, “Among the Commission\u2019s statutory goals is the assurance of an efficient ocean transportation system. The efficient operation of the Nation\u2019s ports is squarely within that mandate and paramount to the Commission\u2019s responsibilities. As we move forward, I look forward to a thorough review of the issues and views that have been provided from various maritime industry stakeholders. The FMC will continue its role in protecting the shipping public and addressing unreasonable or unjust practices by carriers or marine terminal operators.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 15, 2015 On January 13, 2015, Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Mario Cordero announced to staff that his priority for the Commission in 2015 is addressing congestion issues that are plaguing the Nation\u2019s ports. Starting in September 2014, FMC Commissioners led public forums concerning port congestion and international supply chain... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/congestion-at-u-s-ports-is-commission-priority-for-2015\/\">Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049"}],"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=1049"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2817,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions\/2817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}