After two years of agriculture exporters enduring “ocean carriers’ systematic neglect of exports in favor of higher value import cargo,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is offering key changes to the Federal Maritime Commission’s (FMC) proposed rulemaking to define an unreasonable refusal to negotiate or deal with respect to vessel space accommodations.
While USDA believes the rulemaking “is one step toward righting an unfair situation,” Vilsack recently sent a letter to several FMC officials, offering the following key changes to improve the proposal: (1) broaden the…
