By Land and By Sea

Topic of the Week (5/5/23): Captain's Log Edition Catching up on the Federal Maritime Commission 's Commission Meeting, The White House standards strategy, and more! 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 ) It's all top stories on the Capta...

Topic of the Week (4/28/23): Man oh man, there is a lot of ocean shipping related legislation being proposed from the U.S. House of Representatives – and another one dropped this week. Let’s break it down. Remember, these are just proposals, but they’re certainly worth taking a look at. The Maritime Professorᵀᴹ presents By Land and By Sea - an attorney breaking down the week in supply chain with L...

Topic of the Week (4/21/23): The Maritime Transportation Data Initiative (MTDI) report has been released from FMC Commissioner Carl Bentzel 's office. What's in it? What does it mean? We'll break it down. 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 Strateg...

Topic of the Week (4/7/23): Captain's Log Edition Catching up on the pending/proposed/possible bills on the Hill, catching up with the FMC rulemakings, and catching up on a few other notable happenings... 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 ) It&a...

Topic of the Week (3/31/23): (Note: this episode was pre-recorded) Our first guest! Dr. Salvatore Mercogliano, Ph. D. joins us to discuss the many ocean shipping reform proposals being introduced on the Hill and the general state of global shipping. We react to the specifics being introduced within the legislative proposals and include a bit of historical perspective to add depth to the conversati...

Topic of the Week (3/24/23): We're diving into the budget request and justification - including the House T&I budget hearing from yesterday... Federal Maritime Commission Congressional Budget Justification: https://www.fmc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FMCFY2024CongressionalBudgetJustification.pdf House T&I Hearing Testimony of FMC Chairman Daniel Maffei : https://www.fmc.gov/testimo...

Topic of the Week (3/17/23): At least one ocean carrier is starting to change its detention billing practices based on the FMC’s proposed D&D rule... but it's still a proposed rule. We'll break it down. Eric Johnson 's JOC.com article on the A.P. Moller - Maersk customer advisory: https://www.joc.com/article/maersk-shifts-detention-billing-consignees-ahead-fmc-regulation_2023030...

Topic of the Week (3/10/23): Maritime cybersecurity is back in the news - did you catch the The Wall Street Journal story this week? Or Sal's coverage of it last year? The Wall Street Journal article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon-sees-giant-cargo-cranes-as-possible-chinese-spying-tools-887c4ade Salvatore Mercogliano, Ph. D. 's coverage on What's Going on with Shipping: http...

Topic of the Week (3/3/23): Today we're talking about chassis! You know, the metal frames that have wheels that allow the otherwise wheel-less container boxes to actually move! The Federal Maritime Commission has a pending case and there is a Best Practices Study underway!  The Maritime Professorᵀᴹ presents By Land and By Sea - an attorney breaking down the week in supply chain with Lauren Be...

Topic of the Week (2/24/23): Captain's Log edition! 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... 1- The Federal Maritime Commission 's Unreasonable Refusal to Deal or Negotiate with respect to Vessel Space Accommodations supple...

**REBROADCAST OF 5/13/2022 EPISODE** Topic of the Week (2/17/23): ILWU and PMA rebroadcast of 5.13.2022 (a historical look at the relationship) Today we’re doing something a little different. The International  Longshore Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) contract negotiations are still ongoing. Recall, the contract expired June 30, 2022 and their discussions began i...

Topic of the Week (2/10/23): Sometimes it's good to stop and take a look at everything that's in motion. That's what we're doing today. It's the Captains Log - Hot Topics - and today we're taking inventory of what I'm watching at the FMC. The Maritime Professorᵀᴹ presents By Land and By Sea - an attorney breaking down the week in supply chain with Lauren Beagen (...

Topic of the Week (2/3/23): Do you know how to find the agreements on the Federal Maritime Commission website? I'm going to show you how to find them today. https://lnkd.in/eUPYN74c 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... 1- We...

Topic of the Week (1/27/23): 2M is breaking up - and only a few weeks before Valentine's Day?? Let's review alliances generally to understand what this means - or doesn't mean...  Here is the Federal Maritime Commission agreement link: https://www2.fmc.gov/FMC.Agreements. Web/Public/AgreementHistory/153 First filing of the agreement (it's a pdf download): https://www2.fmc.gov/F...

Topic of the Week (1/20/23): MSC vs MCS - what's going on in this legal alphabet soup... good for shippers? It's not exactly a yes.  Here is the Federal Maritime Commission docket log for the case: https://www2.fmc.gov/readingroom/proceeding/21-05/ The Maritime Professorᵀᴹ presents By Land and By Sea - an attorney breaking down the week in supply chain with Lauren Beagen (Founder of The...

Topic of the Week (1/13/23): We review the recent petition filed against the FMC's NEPA review. Are they being bad environmental stewards? Let's break it down. 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... 1- We're still on...

Topic of the Week (1/6/23): We’re back! And there is a lot going on – like always! Let’s ease back into all things ocean shipping and supply chain together – today is a mixed bag, but… By Land and By Sea is BACK to help you sort through the noise and understand it all in real people speak.  The Maritime Professorᵀᴹ presents By Land and By Sea - an attorney breaking down the week in supply chain wi...

Topic of the Week (12/16/22): **Captain's Log Holiday Series** 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... Happy Federal Maritime Commission 's Detention and Demurrage rulemaking week! The comments were due this week and we&ap...

Topic of the Week (12/9/22): **Captain's Log Holiday Series** 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... It's the final countdown! Get those comments in for the Federal Maritime Commission 's Detention and Demurrage rule...

Topic of the Week (12/2/22): **Captain's Log Holiday Series** 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... I’m in Washington DC this week and I LOST MY VOICE – from all of that zealous advocacy for the maritime industry! There is a...

Topic of the Week (11/18/22): **Captain's Log Holiday Series**   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... We’ve done this before, we’re going to do it again – this is the HOT TOPICS edition. But this time, we’re in holiday mo...

Topic of the Week (11/11/22): Today is a Captain’s Log series, but instead of a hot topics news day – we’re taking inventory of all of the moving parts around the Federal Maritime Commission 's rulemakings, etc. What should you be working on and what are we waiting for. Settle in – we’ll get you squared away before the holidays distract everyone.  The Maritime Professorᵀᴹ presents By Land and...

Topic of the Week (11/4/22): We're continuing our review of comments filed in the unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate rulemaking. Today we review comments filed by AGRICULTURE TRANSPORTATION COALITION (AgTC) and the World Shipping Council , and we briefly touch on comments of the Meat Importers Council of America (MICA) and North American Meat Institute (NAMI). The Maritime Professorᵀᴹ...

Topic of the Week (10/28/22): The U.S. Department of Justice has filed comments in the Federal Maritime Commission 's just recently closed NPRM rulemaking - unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate with respect to vessel space accommodations. 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 P...

Topic of the Week (10/21/22): The Federal Maritime Commission released their detention and demurrage Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)! It's on their new intake platform of regulations.gov and it's a continuation of the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) from last spring where they received 80+ comments. Let's talk about the FMC's summarization of the 80+ comments...