S2.E27 - When electronic trade docs make the evening news... new UK law, FIT Alliance, and FMC updates
09/22/23 • 34 min
Topic of the Week (9/22/23):
Last week we covered some of the FMC’s rulemaking updates and Commissioner initiatives, but today let’s talk about the movement toward electronic trade documents – namely eBLs – did you catch the major development that happened just this week relating to electronic document acceptance?
Future International Trade (FIT) Alliance:
https://www.fit-alliance.org/
UK Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/38/contents/enacted
ComputerWeekly.com Article:
https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-most-important-law-youve-never-heard-of-the-Electronic-Trade-Documents-Act
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...
But first, our TOP THREE STORIES OF THE WEEK!
1- The Federal Maritime Commission gave us rulemaking updates at their Commission meeting yesterday.
2 - The FMC gave an update, by the numbers, on Charge Complaints and the Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services (of the FMC) gave an update on their case load.
3 - gCaptain reported that Hapag-Lloyd AG is equipping STARLINK internet service across its entire fleet. Great news!
https://gcaptain.com/hapag-lloyd-to-roll-out-starlink-internet-service-fleet-wide/?subscriber=true&goal=0_f50174ef03-4f3cfc41d0-170405670&mc_cid=4f3cfc41d0&mc_eid=26e13788e2
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Topic of the Week (9/22/23):
Last week we covered some of the FMC’s rulemaking updates and Commissioner initiatives, but today let’s talk about the movement toward electronic trade documents – namely eBLs – did you catch the major development that happened just this week relating to electronic document acceptance?
Future International Trade (FIT) Alliance:
https://www.fit-alliance.org/
UK Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/38/contents/enacted
ComputerWeekly.com Article:
https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-most-important-law-youve-never-heard-of-the-Electronic-Trade-Documents-Act
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...
But first, our TOP THREE STORIES OF THE WEEK!
1- The Federal Maritime Commission gave us rulemaking updates at their Commission meeting yesterday.
2 - The FMC gave an update, by the numbers, on Charge Complaints and the Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services (of the FMC) gave an update on their case load.
3 - gCaptain reported that Hapag-Lloyd AG is equipping STARLINK internet service across its entire fleet. Great news!
https://gcaptain.com/hapag-lloyd-to-roll-out-starlink-internet-service-fleet-wide/?subscriber=true&goal=0_f50174ef03-4f3cfc41d0-170405670&mc_cid=4f3cfc41d0&mc_eid=26e13788e2
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The Maritime ProfessorTM is an e-learning/educational based company on all things maritime and supply chain - we provide employee trainings, e-content/e-courses, general trainings/webinars, and executive recruiting. Make sure to sign up for the email list so that you will be alerted to when the e-learning content is available, but also, being on the email list will give you exclusive access to promo/discount codes!
Sign up for our email list at https://lnkd.in/eqfZJShQ
Look for our podcast episodes - NOW AVAILABLE:
https://lnkd.in/g4YUbxjs
** As always the guidance here is general and for educational purposes only, it should not be construed to be legal advice and there is no attorney-client privilege created by this video. If you need an attorney, contact an attorney. **
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Previous Episode
S2.E26 - Captain's Log Edition: What's the FMC up to these days? Let's catch up.
Topic of the Week (9/15/23):
We're back! Today is the Captain's Log edition - let's catch up on all that happened over the summer! Lots to talk about!
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...
But first, our TOP THREE STORIES OF THE WEEK!
1- We're still on Federal Maritime Commission rulemaking watch - we're still waiting on the detention and demurrage billing/invoicing requirements final rule and any text to be released from the unfair or unjustly discriminatory methods definitions rule. The Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Unreasonable Refusal to Deal or Negotiate w/r/t Vessel Space Accommodations received 25 comments over the summer, have a look: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FMC-2023-0010-0032
2 - The FMC will hold their next Commission Meeting on September 21 at 1pm.
https://www.fmc.gov/commission-meeting-scheduled-for-september-21-2023/
3 - FMC Commissioner Rebecca Dye is convening her Supply Chain Innovation Teams to address: empty container return, early return date, and container pickup (notice of container availability).
https://www.fmc.gov/commissioner-dye-proposes-reforms-to-international-ocean-supply-chain-practices/
4 - FMC Commissioner Carl Bentzel released an RFI (request for information) for comments and responses to his Maritime Transportation Data Initiative (MTDI) Recommendations and Views Report. Comments due by Oct 16, 2023.
https://www.regulations.gov/document/FMC-2023-0016-0001
5 - Revisited article from May 2023 in JOC.com re: FMC statutory authority over through bills of lading and rail storage charges:
https://www.joc.com/article/us-shipping-interests-want-fmc-regulate-rail-storage-fees_20230503.html
6 - Greg Miller appropriately breaks down the need (or non-need) for alarm in his FreightWaves article "Shipping 'traffic jam' at Panama Canal: why it's not a crisis (yet)" (Aug 23, 2023)
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shipping-traffic-jam-at-panama-canal-why-this-is-not-a-crisis-yet
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The Maritime ProfessorTM is an e-learning/educational based company on all things maritime and supply chain - we provide employee trainings, e-content/e-courses, general trainings/webinars, and executive recruiting. Make sure to sign up for the email list so that you will be alerted to when the e-learning content is available, but also, being on the email list will give you exclusive access to promo/discount codes!
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S2.E28 - The importance of independent regulatory commissions and a brief discussion of the looming gov't shutdown
Topic of the Week (9/29/23):
A quick refresher on independent regulatory commissions and a discussion of the looming/potential (probable?) government shutdown...
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...
But first, our TOP THREE STORIES OF THE WEEK!
1- We're still watching the Federal Maritime Commission open rulemakings and the open Request for Information for the Maritime Transportation Data Iniatitive from FMC Commissioner Carl Bentzel.
Request for Information (RFI) at regulations.gov:
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FMC-2023-0016
2 - A United States Government shutdown is looming... what it looked like from the worker's perspective and what it means for trade.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) article
"How a Shutdown Would Hinder Critical Trade Functions of the U.S. Government":
https://www.csis.org/analysis/how-shutdown-would-hinder-critical-trade-functions-us-government
3 - Future International Trade (FIT) Alliance is reporting 68 companies as signatories to its eBL Declaration (we reported on this last week).
https://www.fit-alliance.org/testimonials-ebl
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The Maritime ProfessorTM is an e-learning/educational based company on all things maritime and supply chain - we provide employee trainings, e-content/e-courses, general trainings/webinars, and executive recruiting. Make sure to sign up for the email list so that you will be alerted to when the e-learning content is available, but also, being on the email list will give you exclusive access to promo/discount codes!
Sign up for our email list at https://lnkd.in/eqfZJShQ
Look for our podcast episodes - NOW AVAILABLE:
https://lnkd.in/g4YUbxjs
** As always the guidance here is general and for educational purposes only, it should not be construed to be legal advice and there is no attorney-client privilege created by this video. If you need an attorney, contact an attorney. **
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