By Land and By Sea

S2.E36 - Captain's Log Holiday Edition - Auchincloss encourages FMC to create Nat'l Port Advisory Committee

Lauren Beagen, The Maritime Professorᵀᴹ Season 2 Episode 36

Topic of the Week (12/8/23):

Captain's Log Holiday Edition throughout the month of December

The Maritime Professorᵀᴹ presents By Land and By Sea - an attorney breaking down the week in supply chain

with Lauren Beagen (Founder of The Maritime Professorᵀᴹ and Squall Strategies)

Let's dive in...

1 - The Federal Maritime Commission is still working through three rulemakings. No new updates, but I came across the Caribbean Shipowners' Association/Central America Discussion Agreement comment filed in the Unreasonable Refusal to Deal rulemaking and it got me thinking.


2 - Congressmen Jake Auchincloss is back on our list - he sent a letter dated Dec 1 to the FMC urging the FMC to create a National Port Advisory Committee. This was supported by the National Association of Waterfront Employers (NAWE).

https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases/-auchincloss-leads-national-port-advisory-committee-letter

https://nawe.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/National-Port-Advisory-Committee-Letter.pdf

https://www.ajot.com/news/waterfront-employers-back-bipartisan-call-for-national-port-advisory-committee-at-fmc


3 - Russia lost their seat to Liberia in the International Maritime Organization Council (the executive body). And a reminder that there will be a new IMO Secretary General - Arsenio Dominguez, of the Republic of Panama, on Jan 1, 2024.

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/russia-voted-off-of-imo-council 

https://www.marinelog.com/news/russia-fails-to-win-reelection-to-imo-council/

https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-fails-get-re-elected-un-ship-agencys-governing-council-2023-12-01/ 

https://splash247.com/russia-fails-to-win-re-election-to-imo-council/ 

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/panamas-dominguez-velasco-will-be-next-imo-secretary-general/


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