{"id":6169,"date":"2021-12-08T16:18:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=6169"},"modified":"2021-12-08T16:18:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:18:46","slug":"commissioner-bentzel-hosts-inaugural-meeting-of-fmc-data-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/commissioner-bentzel-hosts-inaugural-meeting-of-fmc-data-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Commissioner Bentzel Hosts Inaugural Meeting of FMC Data Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Improved data transparency and increased information sharing can make an important difference in alleviating maritime supply chain congestion, but before that can happen, industry and the government must identify what terms and classifications people will agree to use in common when discussing the movement of an ocean container from origin to destination.<\/p>\n<p>These were two of the key messages conveyed by experts in policy, shipping, supply chain, and data speaking at the\u00a0December 7, 2021\u00a0inaugural meeting of a data transparency initiative being led by Commissioner Carl W. Bentzel.\u00a0\u00a0The project is being undertaken at the\u00a0direction\u00a0of Chairman Daniel B. Maffei\u00a0and will culminate next\u00a0spring with a Data Summit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the few ways we can truly increase the capacity of the supply chain in this country to handle more ocean cargo is through better information flow, enhanced data management, and increased transparency.\u00a0 Figuring out how to do this while maximizing benefits and minimizing costs is a rather Herculean task.\u00a0 That is why I am so grateful to my Commissioner\u00a0Carl\u00a0Bentzel,\u00a0for volunteering to take on this project.\u00a0 We will be paying close attention to the meetings he will hold in the coming months and look forward to the findings he will share at the conclusion of his work,\u201d said Chairman Maffei.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Bentzel said he will focus his work on three key objectives: cataloging the status quo in maritime data, storage, and access across the transportation chain; identifying key gaps in data definitions\/classification; and developing recommendations for common data standards and access policies\/protocols.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA container in motion creates information, but that information is either not being shared or\u00a0it is not\u00a0being shared effectively. Addressing and resolving the lack of consistent taxonomy and lexicon\u2014classifications and terms\u2014is key to creating an environment where everyone is using the same language and systems can \u2018speak\u2019 to each other.\u00a0 Getting to that point will take the cooperation and collaboration of many parties, but I am confident\u00a0motivation\u00a0exists\u00a0to use\u00a0data to make our maritime supply chain more efficient. Over the coming six months, the data initiative I am leading\u00a0will\u00a0identify best practices for naming,\u00a0storing\u00a0and transmitting data,\u00a0and develop a set of best practices to improve transportation efficiency,\u201d said Commissioner Bentzel.<\/p>\n<p>Presenting at today\u2019s meeting were John Porcari, the Port Envoy for the Biden-Harris Administration;\u00a0Lars Jensen, Chief Executive Officer of Vespucci Maritime;\u00a0Brian Bumpass,\u00a0Director of Logistics and Transportation for Brenntag\u00a0North America,\u00a0who also serves as the Chair of the FMC\u2019s National Shipper Advisory Committee; and\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Kristen Monaco, Chief Economist, FMC.\u00a0 Chairman Maffei, Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye, Commissioner Michael A. Khouri, and Commissioner Louis\u00a0E.\u00a0Sola\u00a0also\u00a0participated in the event.<\/p>\n<p>In her presentation, Ms. Monaco underscored the benefits of creating a foundation of common lexicon and taxonomy throughout the trade community and noted these are largely missing in the maritime data environment.\u00a0 She\u00a0pointed to\u00a0inconsistencies\u00a0in how\u00a0common data\u00a0elements such as\u00a0ports, vessels, and even countries are reported from system to system.\u00a0 Uniform lexicon and taxonomy are necessary to ensure\u00a0efficient and accurate transmission of information between data users\u00a0and are needed to better automate data sharing.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Bentzel will next hold a meeting on December 14, 2021, from 2:00-3:00 PM (Eastern Time) where he will hear from dray truckers operating at the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, New York, Charleston, Savannah, Miami, and Seattle.\u00a0\u00a0The goal of these listening sessions\u00a0is\u00a0to identify key operational data, data gaps, data transmission requirements, and data access concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting will be\u00a0virtual\u00a0and\u00a0the public is invited to watch via\u00a0webstream.\u00a0\u00a0Weekly meetings will recommence in January 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improved data transparency and increased information sharing can make an important difference in alleviating maritime supply chain congestion, but before that can happen, industry and the government must identify what terms and classifications people will agree to use in common when discussing the movement of an ocean container from origin... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/commissioner-bentzel-hosts-inaugural-meeting-of-fmc-data-initiative\/\">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":[39,4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6169"}],"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=6169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6171,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6169\/revisions\/6171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}