The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC or the Commission) met during both open and closed session on Jan. 27, 2022, to discuss the Commission's efforts to address ocean carriers'.
congressman trying to do something about it, republican dusty johnson from south dakota who has in the works some things that just might do the truck. congressman, who are you up to here? last night we passed with big numbers 369 yes votes, the ocean shipping reform act, this is the biggest reform of maritime laws in 30 years. you re wondering what does a guy from the peris of south dakota care about maritime law? we have a lot of manufactured and agricultural goods. we ve had the foreign flagged ocean carriers, many chinese owned and they ve not been playing fair with american exports. 60% of the containers that they ve been hauling back the asia have been hauling back empty. that is terrible. neil: so how do you resolve that? the ocean shipping reform act would do that. they passed it out of the house. it s headed to the senate. i think the senate will october
on this. neil: what did you do? sure. it does a few things. it tells these for rip flagged ocean carriers they re not allowed to discriminate against american ag experts or any american cargo and makes it clear to these ocean carriers that they re not going to be allowed to hit american businesses with big fines and fees if those american businesses haven t done anything wrong with regard to the supply chain crunch. so if the issue is that we re not getting enough from areas in asia, china in particular, how would it address that? as far as getting asian products back in this country? neil: right. this is a bigger issue for american experts. it s about getting american exports out to the rest of the world and would help with imports, too, in this way. our bill aligns the ocean carriers interests with the interests of american shippers. so makes for a more efficient system. right now these guys can use
virginia. brian: even though couldn t hear it sounds of the diner. brian: i do worry about the election going to be so tight. one side not accepting the verdict and blaming the election law. ainsley: please don t go there. brian: one or two points it seems. jillian mele no, doubt when i toss to you willing to accept it can i count on that. jillian: yes, always. good morning to you brian, ainsley and steve. healthy homeowners are hiring private security to protect their san francisco homes amid a rise in crime across the city. house speaker nancy pelosi becoming victim after her home was vandalized in january. 150 residents in the city s marina district paying to patrol their neighborhood from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. this as two prosecutors imit and joined the effort to recall their boss. they say boudin allows criminals to walk the streets. california ports are going to start finding companies with cargo ships lingering in the water. ocean carriers will be charged