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By Land and By Sea — 149 episodes
A Pandemic-Era Freight Deal Becomes A Constitutional Fight - is the FMC unconstitutional...?
How FMC’s Incentive Principle Limits Weekend Detention Charges
Search And Rescue Still Runs On Empty Wallets (... a quick chat with Rear Admiral John Mauger, USCG (Ret.) to help make sense of it)
Fund The Coast Guard Now (alt title: The Coast Guard Is Still Caught in the Shutdown)
Cargo First: A Maritime Strategy Conversation
Captain's Log: Where geopolitics and global ocean shipping intersect...
Ports, Policy, and the Future of U.S. Maritime Infrastructure with Matt Leech, Ports America's CEO
Meet the Federal Maritime Commission’s New Chair Laura DiBella and hear how a business-minded Chair plans to protect shippers and consumers.
We Read 41 Pages Quickly So You Can Start Here - Immediate Impressions of the Maritime Action Plan
Your Couch Helped Break The Supply Chain, Remember?
FMC Leadership Heats Up A Frozen Week
Closing The Harbor Tax Loophole And A Milestone Transit
Maritime Power Moves And A Manifest Preview (Guest: Pam Simon, Founder of Manifest - Future of Supply Chain)
A Positive Case for Ocean Alliances; Using Zim Discussions as a Teachable Moment
From Harbor Commissioner To Global Regulator: Lessons From Mario Cordero, CEO, Port of Long Beach
How New FMC Moves, A Safer Suez, And A Court Ruling Could Reshape Your Supply Chain
Boston To Beijing: Maritime Strategy Now
Dr. Sal goes to Washington; a conversation with Sal Mercogliano fresh off his Senate hearing appearance
FMC Nominees & the Arctic Watch: The Future of Maritime Policy and Chokepoints
China’s Maritime Tit-for-Tat: The Trade War Moves to the Waterfront
When Trade Shifts, Data Steers: Lessons from Quebec City (AAPA Convention)
Ports, Policy, and People: A Conversation with Carl Bentzel (NAWE)
Building Maritime Strength: A Conversation with Shipyard Expert Caitlin Hardy of Ness Sea Consulting
Ships, Fees, and Thieves: The New Maritime Chessboard
Balancing Innovation and Tradition: A Conversation with Acting Maritime Administrator Sang Yi
S4.E29 - Season Finale: Maritime Voices, Industry Debates, FMC Budget, and What’s Next
S4.E28 - Trade Turbulence and Tech Advances
S4.E27 - FMC’s Order to Show Cause: What’s Really Going On?
S4.E26 - FMC departures to Icebreakers to AI Customs Tools
S4.E25 - Ports, Policy, and Polar Ambitions
S4.E24 - Advisory Committees, Tariff Whiplash, and Harbor Safety Committees
S4.E23 - Flags, Fees, and a Maritime Holiday
S4.E22 - Captain's Log: Don't miss these deadlines! Maritime Chokepoints (May 13) and Ship-to-Shore cranes/chassis/containers (May 19), and... Ships Act reintroduction and new MARAD nominee
S4.E21 - Captain's Log - FMC reviews shadow fleets and controlled carriers // shipbuilding EO // USTR recommendations (pre-release)
S4.E20 - Captain’s Log: What You Missed While You Were Distracted by Trade Tariffs This Week
S4.E19 - USTR Sec 301 Hearings & Everything Else You Missed This Week
S4.E18 - Navigating Global Maritime Choke Points: FMC's Investigation into Unfair Shipping Conditions
S4.E17 - Special Guest: Commissioner Dye reveals how principles, not regulations, transform maritime commerce.
We're off to TPM25 - we'll be back March 14th!
S4.E16 - Holidays and Weekends subject to Detention and Demurrage billing? FMC has something NEW to say about it...
S4.E15 - Is the FMC the secret weapon in the Panama Canal discussions?
S4.E.14 - Captain's Log Edition (incl. what is the FMC's role in the Panama Canal discussion? an unfavorable conditions review...)
S4.E13 - What I'm watching in 2025...
S4.E11 - ILA and USMX ink a deal!
S4.E11 - Captain's Log Edition (Maritime Legislation Unveiled: SHIPS Act, FMC Rulemakings, and Strategic Alliances)
S4.E10 - Captain's Log Edition (Truckers have entered the chat on the FMC Rule Petitions... & an ILA & USMX Update)
S4.E9 - Captain's Log Holiday Series (FMC Rule Petitions Update // ILA Update // Chairman Dye?? // NSAC Meeting Highlights // FMC & Spain)
S4.E8 - Captain's Log Edition (FMC Rule Petitions Update // ILA Update // Comm'r leaving FMC)
S4.E7 - New Leadership, New Direction: What a New President and Political Shift Mean for the FMC
S4.E6 - Captain's Log Edition (FMC Rulemaking Roundup // Final Rule Petitions Updates // ILA & USMX Updates // Global Alliances Updates)
S4.E5 - FMC Meeting and D&D Petition Update
S4.E4 - ILA/USMX Interim Agreement Filed... at the FMC?!?
S4.E3 - Petition Filed against FMC's Final Rule on Unreasonable Refusal to Deal or Negotiate w/r/t/ Vessel Space Accommodations
S4.E2 - Guest Speaker: Dr. Sal Mercogliano, maritime historian and host of What's Going on With Shipping? // ILA and USMX Negotiation // Red Sea // dangers in maritime // global alliances in maritime
S4.E1 - ILA and USMX potential port strike + everything else you may not have noticed
S3.E23 - FMC's Final Rule Defining Unreasonable Refusal to Deal or Negotiate w/r/t Vessel Space Accommodations
S3.E22 - Captain's Log: FMC Updates // Shipper Advisory Committee's Role // Gemini Cooperation Agreement // Rising Shipping Rates Discussion
S3.E21 - A Tale of Two Overturns: TCW v. Evergreen and Chevron v. NRDC - what it all means for the Federal Maritime Commission
S3.E20 - FMC Round Up!
S3.E19 - Gemini Cooperation Agreement filed w FMC // USTR Sec 301 Tariffs // MTDI RFI#2 due today
S3.E18 - Guest: FMC Commissioner Carl Bentzel [discussing FMC's D&D Final Rule, revolutionizing maritime data, MTDI and RFI #2, and how he entered the maritime/supply chain world]
S3.E17 - FMC's Final Rule on D&D Billing Requirements - Part 4 - Do you know where the invoices are going now? [and discussions on VOCC Audit Program, Foreign Shipping Practices Act, and Civil Penalties go to US General Fund]
S3.E16 - Captain's Log - FMC activity roundup (incl. Peloton vs. Flexport) // Port of Baltimore/NTSB report // USTR Sec301 tariffs
S3.E15 - FMC Final Rule on D&D - Correction Published
S3.E14 - USTR initiates a section 301 investigation into China (maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors)
S3.E13 - FMC's Final Rule on D&D Billing Requirements - Part 3 - MTO Invoicing Questions
S3.E12 - FMC releases RFI#2 of the MTDI (and a broad discussion of MTDI)
S3.E11 - FMC's Final Rule on D&D Billing Requirements - Part 2 - Operational Implementation Challenges
S3.E10 - Official reports re: Key Bridge allision // reviewing OSRA 2.0 (House passed the bill)
S3.E9 - FMC's FY2025 Congressional Budget Justification - what's on deck for 2025?
S3.E8 - FMC Nat'l Shipper Advisory Committee Meeting Recap and Letter on DCSA Vessel Schedule Standards
S3.E7 - FMC's Final D&D Rule Simplified - Just the Highlights
S3.E6 - FMC's Final Rule on D&D Billing Requirements RELEASED - Part 1 - MTOs included in scope
S3.E5 - Special Permission Applications and the FMC's Red Sea hearing
S3.E4 - Congress wants the FMC to hurry up w/ the Detention and Demurrage Rulemaking // a mini refresher on what the FMC last proposed on the D&D rulemaking
S3.E3 - The Great Alliance Reshuffle...
S3.E2 - Captain's Log - US ECS, FMC Hearing re: Red Sea, Gemini Collaboration
S3.E1 - Captain's Log - FMC Industry Advisory re: Free Tariffs // Panama Canal and Maersk's Land Bridge // Suez Canal and the Red Sea
S2.E37 - Captain's Log Holiday Edition - US TRANSCOM submits comment to FMC Rulemaking // keep watching the Panama Canal *and*(!?) the Suez Canal // did we learn anything from COVID congestion?
S2.E36 - Captain's Log Holiday Edition - Auchincloss encourages FMC to create Nat'l Port Advisory Committee
S2.E35 - Captain's Log Holiday Edition - FMC ex parte mtg w Congressman Auchincloss // White House Supply Chain Announcements // Panama Canal slots to the highest bidder // Bed, Bath & Beyond files another lawsuit at FMC
S2.E34 - FMC's Nat'l Shipper Advisory Committee and FACAs 101
S2.E33 - Captain's Log Edition - FMC Rulemakings (update) // SCI Teams // MARAD RFI // MTDI RFI // Panama Canal ...
S2.E32 - Does the FMC regulate bulk vessels? *LIVE alongside a bulk vessel*
S2.E31 - A cautionary tale of Hanjin Shipping
S2.E30 - The curious case of the EU block exemption repeal... how big of a deal is it?
S2.E29 - FMC's Alphabet Soup: The MTDI's RFI is due Oct 16!
S2.E28 - The importance of independent regulatory commissions and a brief discussion of the looming gov't shutdown
S2.E27 - When electronic trade docs make the evening news... new UK law, FIT Alliance, and FMC updates
S2.E26 - Captain's Log Edition: What's the FMC up to these days? Let's catch up.
S2.E25 - A Deeper Dive into the FMC's SNPRM - Unreasonable Refusal to Deal or Negotiate w/r/t Vessel Space Accommodations
S2.E24 - OSRA 22: the rest of the to-do list. What ELSE is required to get done, and by when?
S2.E23 - Happy OSRA '22 Day! and Unreasonable Refusal to Deal Rulemaking Text Released by the FMC!
S2.E22 - OJ Commerce and Hamburg Sud - an almost $10M dispute (via the FMC's ALJ's initial decision)
S2.E21 - FMC and MARAD: a tale of two federal agencies (a compare and contrast discussion)
S2.E20 - Bed, Bath & Beyond and OOCL - OOCL files their answer! and the House T&I Committee markup breakdown
S2.E19 - FMC Enforcement and Pending Adjudication Roundup
S2.E18 - Bed, Bath and Beyond files a lawsuit for $31.6M at the Federal Maritime Commission
S2.E17 - Captain's Log Edition - FMC Commission Meeting // White House standards strategy // and more!
S2.E16 - Ocean Shipping on the Hill - reviewing the pending House legislative proposals
S2.E15 - Maritime Transportation Data Initiative (MTDI) Released - What is it? Why is it important? What does it recommend? We break it down!
S2.E14 - Captain's Log Edition - Bills on the Hill, FMC Rulemakings, labor problems at Ports of LA/LB
S2.E13 - Guest Dr. Sal Mercogliano & the bill proposals on the Hill (OSRA 2.0, Antitrust Enforcement Act, etc.) plus additional historical insights
S2.E12 - FMC FY24 Budget Request and House T&I Budget Hearing // OSRA 2.0 bill being introduced NEXT WEEK?!?
S2.E11 - Detention billing practice changes among ocean carriers and the FMC's ongoing/open D&D rulemaking
S2.E10 - Maritime cybersecurity and ZPMC ship to shore cranes
S2.E9 - We're talking chassis!
S2.E8 - Captain's Log edition - FMC supplemental comments? / ILWU and PMA update / OSRA 2.0? / Maersk sues Evergreen / Driver shortage potential / FTC noncompetes hearing
S2.E7 - ILWU and PMA rebroadcast of 5.13.2022 (a historical look at the relationship)
S2.E6 - Captain's Log - FMC Activity Review: Rulemakings Status / MTDI / Alliance Expiration Terms / VOCC Audit Teams and Retaliation Compliance / FMC ALJ Decisions / Charge Complaints Order to Show Cause Issued
S2.E5 - Navigating the FMC's website - how to find the alliance agreements (and other agreements in the FMC agreements library)
S2.E4 - 2M is breaking up - and right before Valentine's Day!? - let's have an alliance 101 refresher, shall we?
S2.E3 - MCS "wins" in MSC vs MCS - a win for shippers? Not exactly...
S2.E2 - Is the FMC being a bad environmental steward? Petition for Environmental Impact Statement unanimously denied by FMC
S1.E1 - We're BACK! We're covering FMC rulemakings, the FTC non-compete proposed rulemaking, and USDA filed comment for the FMC's D&D
S1.E44 - Captain's Log Holiday Series - it's FMC D&D rulemaking week!
S1.E43 - Captain's Log Holiday Series - It's the final D&D rulemaking countdown...
S1.E42 - Captain's Log Holiday Series - Holiday in the District - FMC's open comment period/TradeLens abandoned/rail strike averted...
S1.E41 - Captain's Log Holiday Series - FMC D&D/FMC GC/Microsoft Supply Chain Platform/automation at the Port of Hamburg
S1.E40 - Captain's Log: FMC Status Update - what should you be working on and what are we waiting for...
S1.E39 - FMC's unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate w/r/t vessel space - AgTC, World Shipping Council, and MICA/NAMI comments reviewed
S1.E38 - DOJ weighs in on FMC's unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate rulemaking
S1.E37 - FMC's D&D Rulemaking - summarizing the previously filed comments
S1.E36 - FMC's D&D rulemaking released!
S1.E35 - FMC Rule Update: Unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate w/r/t vessel space - ONLY TWO COMMENTS FILED SO FAR
S1.E34 - Charge complaints 101 - what are they and how can they help you?
S1.E33 - I'm a shipper and I've been wronged, how can the FMC help?
S1.E32 - FMC's 1st of 3 OSRA rulemakings is released! Unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate for vessel space - what's in this rulemaking anyway??
S1.E31 - FMC's Emergency Order Request for Information - A Deeper Dive and Review of Comments Filed (so far...)
S1.E30 - Federal Advisory Committees (FACAs) 101
S1.E29 - Ocean Alliance 101 - a quick version
S1.E28 - FMC vs MARAD - do you know the difference?
S1.E27 - FMC asks for data sharing comments // Nat'l Shipper Advisory Cmte releases 6, er... 3? recommendations.
S1.E26 - Hot Topics Captain's Log - Port of NYNJ Fees // FMC Office Restructure // Recap on Charge Complaints and OSRA D&D Billing
S1.E25 - FMC Meeting; no rule (yet), no cry.
S1.E24 - A Refresher: FMC's 2020 D&D Interpretive Rule
S1.E23 - FMC Industry Advisory: How to File a Charge Complaint
S1.E22 - The Federal Maritime Commission's (FMC) Upcoming Rulemakings
S1.E21 - OSRA 98 - a historical snapshot of where we've come...
S1.E21 - Airline alliances vs. ocean alliances? Both cartels? Neither cartels? Where is the outrage!?
S1.E20 - OSRA 22 and Fact Finding 29 - implementation and timelines -- who is subject to what right away...
S1.E5 - What is an ocean alliance anyway?
S1.E13 - FMC Releases "How to" for Filing a Claim!
S1.E14 - FMC Rulemaking: Carrier automated tariffs and pass through charges
S1.E15 - ILWU and PMA Contract Negotiations - a historical look
S1.E16 - Hot Topics - Captain's Log Edition
S1.E17 - Ocean Carriers and Service Contracts - what's going on and what's going wrong
S1.E18 - FMC's Fact Finding 29 Final Report released!
S1.E19 - Ocean Shipping Reform Act will be a law!