{"id":"AGY-USCG-PORTS-051","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. international ocean supply chain","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"USCG-PORTS","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye, Federal Maritime Commission (record submitted to the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation)","authority":"46 C.F.R. 502.281 et seq.","instrument":"Executive Summary of Fact Finding 29 (June 15, 2021)","title":"Executive Summary of Fact Finding 29","dateIssued":"2021-06-15","effective":"not applicable (findings)","end":"not applicable","startDate":"2021-06-15","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":["SUPPLY","OTHER"],"addressees":["Congress","the maritime industry"],"clause":"Even before COVID-19 reached the United States in early 2020, the global supply chain was disrupted by COVID-19 related impacts as the virus spread throughout China. Widespread closures and quarantines in China shuttered factories, which impacted freight flows, port operations, and ocean carrier service offerings. In the earliest days of COVID-19 related impacts to the supply chain in the United States, import cargo volumes dropped precipitously and ocean carriers cut services. And those imports that were delivered contributed to congestion at U.S. ports, particularly on the West Coast, because the import loads that were not being picked up for final delivery due to business shutdowns. The congestion was exacerbated by empty containers waiting to be repositioned.... I worked with port directors around the country to find available cargo storage locations for U.S. companies whose businesses were shutdown.","enforcement":"None (findings)","functions":["SC inbound supply chain","PT port congestion","CB importers whose \u0027businesses were shutdown\u0027","WH storage"],"notes":"A federal regulator\u0027s finding that import loads sat at U.S. ports because consignees\u0027 \u0027businesses were shutdown\u0027 by the orders; context exhibit for T8.","sourceUrl":"https://www.fmc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/061021DyeTestimonyExecutiveSummary.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":228120,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-USCG-PORTS","url":"/library/AGY-USCG-PORTS-051","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-USCG-PORTS-051","citation":"Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye, Federal Maritime Commission (record submitted to the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation), Executive Summary of Fact Finding 29 (June 15, 2021) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-051)","stateName":"","related":[]}