FMC requests comment on cargo diversion

   The Federal Maritime Commission has issued its notice of inquiry to solicit the public’s views and information concerning factors that may cause or contribute to the shift of containerized cargo destined for U.S. inland points from U.S. to Canadian and Mexican seaports.
   Comments from interested parties are due on or before Dec. 22. Details on what the FMC is asking about and how to submit comments can be found here.
   The FMC has received requests from 10 members of Congress to study the impacts and the extent to which the U.S. harbor maintenance tax, other policies or factors may “incentivize container cargo to shift from U.S. West Coast ports to those located in Canada and Mexico.”
   More about the issue can be found in the November issue of American Shipper.