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Ocean Shipping Issues PDF Print E-mail

 

 The following articles articulate the severe problems AgTC members are
experiencing due to the ocean capacity shipping crisis.

 

Carriers Placing Container Inspection Burden on the Truckers?
December 2011

 

Container Freight Weekly Report, November 4, 2011
November 2011

 

ILWU Vietnam Reefer Rules
October 2011

 

Lacey Act Background


Container Freight Weekly Report, October 25, 2011
October 2011


Carriers are Reducing Capcity, GFI ContainerCar Weekly, October 21, 2011

 

Shippers Call for Asia-Pacific Liner Ban
September 2011

 

EU Cargo Data Filing Requirements White Paper
August 2011

 

EU Antitrust Probe Looks at Asian Shipping Lines
May 2011

 

EU Investigates Possible Price Fixing in Container Shipping
May 2011

 

Shipping Lines Raided in Antitrust Investigation
May 2011


World Shipping Council Container Supply Review
May 2011



Summary of Announcements Regarding Changes to Chassis Operations
April 2011

 

AgTC Comments to Census for Post Departure Filing
March 2011

 

The End is Night for Antitrust Law -- From Lloyds List

 

Growth in the Slow Lane -- Journal of Commerce
February 2011

 

Westbound Market Exports Confidence -- Journal of Commerce
December 2010

 

FMC Will Remain Vigilant on Ocean Carrier Pricing -- Logistics Managment
December 2010

 

MSC Wont Oppose End to Antitrust Immunity by Peter Leach of Journal of Commerce
November 2010

 

WSC Comments on Ocean Shipping Act
October 2010

 

Carrier Immunity Should Set Sail by Chris Gillis of American Shipper
October 2010

 

Coalition Letter to Chairman Oberstar
September 2010

 

FMC Legislative List
August 2010

 LINCOLN, CHAMBLISS URGE ADMINISTRATION TO RESOLVE ISSUES, DELAYS OF AGRICULTURE EXPORTS
June 2010
 


Crunching Capacity Needs, Journal of Commerce
June 2010


U.S., EU Scrutinize Container Shipping Rates, Wall Street Journal

 


APL Presentation from WTSA Meeting
April 2010

 

Winning the Space Race -- From Journal of Commerce, 4/12/10

 


Maersk Promises Refunds for Rolled Cargo -- from American Shipper, 3/29/10

 


Imbalanced Export Expectations -- from the Journal of Commerce, 3/26/2010

 


FMC Order of Fact Finding Investigation
March 2010




FMC Announces Capacity Fact Finding Investigation
March 2010













Chris Mullally Testimony for Vessel Capacity Hearing on March 17, 2010


Hayden Swofford Testimony for Vessel Capacity Hearing on March 17, 2010

 

Federal Maritime Commission Assessment of U.S. Export Issues

 

Robert Sappio, American President Lines, Testimony for Vessel Capacity Hearing on March 17, 2010

 

Vessel Capacity Hearing -- House Professional Staff Briefing
March 2010

 

Export Revival Threatened by Shipping Bottlenecks -- from The Wall Street Journal
March 2010

 

MSC Chief Blames Customers for Crisis -- from Journal of Commerce
March 2010

 

U.S. Farm Exports Squeezed -- from Fairplay
March 2010

 

Ag Exporters Fume Over Capacity and Equipment Shortage -- from The Cunningham Report
March 2010

 

Current Ocean Container Shipping Vessel Space Crisis for Upper Midwest Grain Exporters
March 2010

 

Carrier Actions -- Creating Real Injuries to Exporters -- from the AgTC
February 2010

 

Exporters Bemoan Lack of Capacity -- from American Shipper
February 2010

 

Carriers Reaching Out to Ag Exporters -- from the AgTC
February 2010

 

AgTC Meeting with WTSA Carrier Executives and Port of Long Beach - February 19, 2010

 

Container Shortage Threatens Portland, Northwest Export Boom -- from The Oregonian
January 2010

 

AgTC Action Plan: National Container and Vessel Space Crisis -- January 2010

 


 

 
 

AgTC Survey

AgTC Members want to be assured of the ocean freight environment, now and if possible, in the future. This includes shipping rate trends, equipment/container availability and vessel space, focusing on the export trades. Taking advantage of our broad membership, with our many geographic origins and destinations, diverse cargoes, requiring both reefer and dry containers, we collect this information, confidentially, assemble it and then share the results, in easily understandable pie charts, with our members.

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We welcome any ag shippers (importer or exporter) wishing to take the current Quarterly Survey. Results are collected, assembled in pie chart format, and posted on the AgTC Website every 3 months.

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