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The Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, Daniel Maffei, is committed to assisting exporters of agricultural products that have been placed at a disadvantage due to the non-availability of containers. With a surge in imports by sea as the U.S. economy recovers, containers that have shipped goods from China to west coast ports are turned around rapidly to allow vessels to return across the Pacific.
Producers of agricultural products inland are denied containers based on the action by shippers. The Federal Maritime Commission will now apply "enhanced enforcement" if exporters are denied containers.
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Daniel B Maffei Chair of the
U.S. Maritime Commission |