1/Okay, I am tired of @DOTMARAD & @FMC_gov saying they have no power.

First, get the @PortofLA & @portoflongbeach off the stage and let's see and hear from the ocean carriers and terminal operators; & not the @WSC_shipping

Why, are they not on this import/export task force?
2/The issue regarding empties is out of control. How is it the terminals are full of them, but American exporters cannot find a box.

The carriers are awash in profits & ships are sitting off the coast. Identify the # of empties in each terminal...
3/What we will find is that the terminals have a terrible visibility of these boxes.

Once we get an estimate, require carriers to dispatch sweepers to take them out.

Now I can hear people shouting, you cannot force foreign companies to do this, which is nearly all of them...
4/Then use the one leverage the government and ports have over the carriers.

If they don't schedule their removal, refuse the carrier ships entrance into US waters or don't allow pilots to escort their ships to berth. This is impacting US economy, hence security...
5/The carriers - Maersk, ONE, and many others - are recording record profits, while at the same time providing the least reliable service in their history. There is NO DISENCENTIVE for them to change their current business model. They like drifting, going to one port & profits...
6/We don't need another study to determine if the @PortofLA & @portoflongbeach hyper-demurrage is excessive...IT IS!

@DOTMARAD, @FMC_gov @USDOT @CommerceGov need to demonstrate some leadership over an issue that impacts the whole nation and not let ports run US policy.
This is from @MikeSchuler

"Under Port of LA and LB "Container Excess Dwell Fee" plan, a container lingering 100 days past the grace period will be charged $505,000!!!"

The definition of EXCESSIVE!

For those wondering, there is no max limit or the charge set by LA/LB.

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5 Nov
1/Improving and Tracking Supply Chains Link by Link

To rectify the #supplychain
situation, it appears that @POTUS
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whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
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The first aims to discuss the changing nature of American spending - service vs goods - and compares it to the Recession of 2008. If they compare to the Great Depression of 1929, it would look even better. Image
3/Ships at Anchor

This is the metric that they want to fix because it is one that is visual. But it also at the wrong end of the supply chain to fix. The issue is on the inland distribution side, as demonstrated by the pile up of boxes in the terminals and afloat = throughput. ImageImage
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The @PortofLA presentation on Hyper-Demurrage and their goal to improve "fluidity" across the terminals.
You can watch the hearing, minus the closed session here:
portofla.granicus.com/player/clip/16…
The @harbortruckers noted in their rebuttal to the Hyper-Demurrage fee that the issue not addressed was the accumulation of empty containers in yard. They proposed a similar fee or the ocean carriers to clear the backlog.

SHOCKINGLY, this was not enacted on!
Read 5 tweets
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1/"Freight industry professionals — and the Federal Maritime Commission — want to know where the twin ports are getting the authority  to levy the surcharges."

FMC waits for details on California port surcharges

freightwaves.com/?p=371661 via @FreightWaves 2
2/This comes after a meeting between @POTUS and the heads of @PortofLA & @portoflongbeach, along with the Supply Chain Task Force and the designated port envoy, John Porcari

Biden Enlists Private Sector Help to Fix Bottlenecks Threatening Holiday Sales

gcaptain.com/biden-elists-p…
3/In June, the @FMC_gov called for a National Shipper Advisory Committee to be formed to "provide information, insight, and expertise pertaining to conditions in the ocean freight delivery system to the Commission." In August they added the port envoy.

fmc.gov/industry-overs…
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28 Oct
1/Yesterday, @SenateCommerce @commercedems heard from Max Vekich on his appointment to @FMC_gov. He is a former congressman (D-WA) 83-91 & has worked for @WestCoastPorts. As the name implies, it oversees all west coast ports & its board is made up of all the major ocean carriers. Image
2/The only story I have seen on this is from @JOC_Updates, with the title "FMC nominee gets rare Senate grilling amid US shipping disruption."

joc.com/port-news/fmc-…
3/Vekich was asked by @SenatorWicker about if he believed the @FMC_gov should have more authority? A reference to the proposed legislation by @RepGaramendi & @RepDustyJohnson... Image
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I would add just a few comments to the article posted by @HudsonInstitute

breakingdefense.com/2021/08/its-ti…
2/One has to go back to 1920 when the nation had a comprehensive National Maritime Strategy with the passage of the Merchant Marine Act, known as the #JonesAct
3/The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative includes a maritime component to ensure the adequate supply of raw materials and export of goods. China had developed multiple sea routes and land corridors, while also building the largest commercial merchant fleet & shipyards in the world.
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