NITL Shipping Act Proposals are Unnecessary and Unworkable
Washington, D.C. - The Shipping Act changes suggested by the NITL are both unnecessary and unworkable. In many cases the changes would amount to the Congress micro-managing the FMC in the Commission’s exercise of powers that it already has. In other cases, the proposals would fundamentally change the Shipping Act from a regime that primarily relies on the market to deliver an efficient and competitive ocean transportation system to a government-managed system that prevents private parties from managing their own commercial affairs. It is hard to believe that this is really what shippers