{"id":5128,"date":"2020-10-16T14:55:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T18:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=5128"},"modified":"2020-10-16T14:55:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T18:55:05","slug":"september-2020-activity-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/september-2020-activity-report\/","title":{"rendered":"SEPTEMBER 2020 ACTIVITY REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>STATEMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/commission-requests-comments-on-possible-changes-to-regulations-governing-cruise-lines\/\">Commission Requests Comments on Possible Changes to Regulations Governing Cruise Lines<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Maritime Commission voted to issue an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that will gather information about possible changes to regulations governing the definition of \u201cnon-performance\u201d by a cruise line and the process for obtaining a refund when a vessel does not sail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"commission-publishes-update-of-its-official-case-law-reporter\/\">Commission Publishes Update of its Official Case Law Reporter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Maritime Commission has published an update to <em><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LawReporterVol02.pdf\">Decisions of the Federal Maritime Commission, Second Series (Volume 2)<\/a><\/em>, now incorporating January 2020 thru August 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/fact-finding-30-interim-report-highlights-economic-impacts-to-florida-from-paused-cruise-operations\/\">Fact Finding 30 Interim Report Highlights Economic Impacts to Florida from Paused Cruise Operations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Louis E. Sola, the Fact Finding Officer for Fact Finding 30, released an Interim Report outlining economic impacts cessation of cruise operations have had to the Florida economy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/commissioners-discuss-ocean-carrier-issues-global-alliances-and-market-developments\/\">Commissioners Discuss Ocean Carrier Issues, Global Alliances, and Market Developments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Commission met in closed session to be briefed on market trends in trade lanes serving the United States and actions taken by both individual ocean carriers and global alliances in response to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/commission-meeting-scheduled-for-september-16-2020\/\">Commission Meeting Scheduled for September 16, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunshine Act Meeting Notice<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/dhs-secretary-briefed-on-covid-19-impacts-to-cruise-industry-ocean-shipping\/\">Acting Secretary of DHS Briefed on COVID-19 Impacts to Cruise Industry & Ocean Shipping<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Commissioners Sola and Dye briefed Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf about the Federal Maritime Commission response to COVID-19, including their respective fact finding investigations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/khouris-2020-ncbfaa-govt-affairs-annual-conference\/\">Chairman Michael A. Khouri\u2019s Speech for the 2020 NCBFAA Government Affairs & Annual Conference<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Michael A. Khouri addressed the NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference on a number of issues related to the work of the Commission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/three-commissioners-participate-in-ncbfaa-panel-a-conversation-with-fmc\/\">Three Commissioners Participate in NCBFAA Panel: A Conversation with FMC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Commissioners Dye, Maffei, and Bentzel spoke at a panel hosted virtually by the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America on topics related to fact-finding investigations and current conditions in the industry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/opening-remarks-of-commissioner-sola-september-meeting-with-acting-secretary-of-homeland-security-chad-wolf\/\">Opening Remarks of Commission Sola, September Meeting with Acting Secretary of Homeland Security<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/august-2020-activity-report\/\">August 2020 Activity Report<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>DECISIONS, ORDERS, & ENFORCEMENT<\/h2>\n<p>Interim Report\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/FFno30\/20-15_Fl_FF30_Final.pdf\/\">Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Cruise Industry in Florida<\/a> (Fact Finding No. <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/readingroom\/ProceedingDetail\">FF-30<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Order Affirming Initial Decision on Remand\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/17-02\/17-02_ord_afrm_ID_rmnd.pdf\/\">Hangzhou Qianwang Dress Co., LTD. V. RDD Freight International Inc<\/a>. (Docket No. <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/readingroom\/ProceedingDetail\">17-02<\/a>)<\/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\/1560\">Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association<\/a> (Agreement No. 011284-083)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/454\">Consolidated Chassis Management Pool Agreement<\/a> (Agreement No. 011962-017)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/2077\">Port of Seattle\/Port of Tacoma Alliance Agreement<\/a> (Agreement No. 201228)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/33505\">Sallaum\/Hyundai Glovis Space Charter Agreement<\/a> (Agreement No. 201347)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/FMC.Agreements.Web\/Public\/AgreementHistory\/34502\">APL\/SWIRE Guam, Saipan-S. Korea, Japan Slot Charter Agreement<\/a> (Agreement No. 201348)<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTI LICENSING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTI Licensing Activity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applications 36<\/p>\n<p>Revocations & Surrenders 30<\/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 Requests Comments on Possible Changes to Regulations Governing Cruise Lines The Federal Maritime Commission voted to issue an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that will gather information about possible changes to regulations governing the definition of \u201cnon-performance\u201d by a cruise line and the process for... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/september-2020-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\/5128"}],"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=5128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5129,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5128\/revisions\/5129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}