Archive for the ‘Dye’ Category

Commissioner Rebecca Dye Proposes Reforms to International Ocean Supply Chain Practices: Empty Container Return, Early Return Date, and Container Pickup (Notice of Container Availability)

Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye is proposing to reform three practices of ocean carriers and marine terminal operators at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and the Port of New York and New Jersey that relate to container returns, earliest return date, and container pickup (notice of availability). This… Read More »

Remarks of Commissioner Rebecca Dye at WESCCON in San Diego

Hello, thank you for inviting me to be with you today. It’s good to see you all again! Our Managing Director, Lucy Marvin, is also here and will speak to you tomorrow. She’ll give you more details about OSRA rulemakings and our implementation schedule. For about 8 years, I’ve been… Read More »

Commissioner Dye Releases Final Report for Fact Finding No. 29

Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye today released her Final Report for Fact Finding 29, “The Effects of COVID-19 on the U.S. International Ocean Transportation Supply Chain,” a two-year investigation involving hundreds of Commission stakeholders participating through Team meetings, phone conversations, emails, and presentations to various groups. Commissioner Dye presented the Final Report… Read More »

Testimony of Commissioner Dye before Congress: “Executive Session and Ocean Shipping Reform Act Hearing”

Testimony of Rebecca F. Dye Commissioner Federal Maritime Commission Before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation United States Senate Good morning, Chair Cantwell, Ranking Member Wicker, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to appear with my colleague Chairman Maffei and discuss issues relevant to the… Read More »

Remarks of Commissioner Rebecca Dye 2021 South Carolina International Trade Conference

Thank you so much for inviting me to be here today. What a pleasure to be with you…really with you! I read that Nassim Taleb, author of the Black Swan, said that the global pandemic is not a Black Swan, because we had prior warnings … But what’s been going… Read More »

FMC Hears Proposals Addressing Supply Chain and Cruise Issues

Recommendations to address ongoing port and supply chain congestion, and proposed changes to agency regulations related to refunds for cancelled cruise ship voyages, were topics addressed during the open session of a Federal Maritime Commission meeting held today. Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye provided the Commission with Interim Recommendations to address… Read More »

Remarks of Commissioner Rebecca Dye on Fact Finding 29 Interim Recommendations

International Ocean Supply Chain Performance Earlier this year, I reviewed my calendar from last year and I stopped counting at over 75 virtual speeches. I didn’t try to count the hundreds of international importers, exporters, ocean carrier executives, truckers, shipping intermediaries, seaport and marine terminal officials, longshore labor representatives, and… Read More »

Testimony of Commissioner Dye before Congress: “Impacts of Shipping Container Shortages, Delays, and Increased Demand on the North American Supply Chain”

TESTIMONY OF Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 15, 2021 Thank you, Chairman Carbajal, Ranking Member Gibbs, Chairman DeFazio, Ranking Member Graves, and Members of the Subcommittee. I’m pleased… Read More »

Statement of Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye Applauding the Creation of the FMC National Shipper Advisory Committee

I have long believed and said publicly on repeated occasions, the Commission would benefit from having a formal and established method for collecting the advice of its shipper constituency. In fact, one of the final recommendations I made to the Commission at the conclusion of Fact Finding 28 was the need… Read More »

Information Demand on Detention & Demurrage Practices to Be Issued

Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye will issue information demand orders to ocean carriers and marine terminal operators (MTOs) to determine if legal obligations related to detention and demurrage practices are being met. The orders are being issued under the authority Commissioner Dye has as the Fact Finding Officer for Fact Finding… Read More »