{"id":"ECO-A-100","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"A","issuer":"Federal Maritime Commission (Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye, Fact Finding Officer)","authority":"Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. 40101 et seq.; FMC Order of Mar. 31, 2020 initiating Fact Finding No. 29","instrument":"Fact Finding Investigation No. 29, International Ocean Transportation Supply Chain Engagement: Final Report (May 31, 2022)","title":"Fact Finding 29 Final Report","dateIssued":"2022-05-31","effective":"n/a","end":"n/a","startDate":"2022-05-31","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["SUPPLY"],"addressees":["n/a"],"clause":"\u0027In late January 2020, Chinese authorities extended\u0027 the Lunar New Year holiday; \u0027Responding to the outbreak in China, in the first 24 weeks of 2020, ship\u0027 calls fell; \u0027Blank sailings, which accounted for 21 percent of all voyages in May 2020, declined to 1 percent by October 2020\u0027; \u0027During the first half of 2020, there was a tremendous decrease in the demand\u0027 for imports that \u0027did not last long. By summer 2020, demand for U.S. imports exploded\u0027; demand for goods \u0027surged in the fall of 2020. This increased demand overwhelmed\u0027 the system; the pandemic\u0027s effects were \u0027exacerbated by an unexpected and unprecedented surge in\u0027 import volumes; the Port of Los Angeles, \u0027the Nation\u0027s largest\u0027, had September 2020 \u0027volumes 4.4 percent higher than September 2019\u0027.","enforcement":"n/a","functions":["PT ports, rail and air cargo","SC imports","DS exports","DR drayage"],"notes":"The federal regulator\u0027s own account of the ocean supply chain from the Chinese shutdowns of January 2020 through the congestion of 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.fmc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/FactFinding29FinalReport.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":667326,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-A","url":"/library/ECO-A-100","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-A-100","citation":"Federal Maritime Commission (Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye, Fact Finding Officer), Fact Finding Investigation No. 29, International Ocean Transportation Supply Chain Engagement: Final Report (May 31, 2022) (Ex. ECO-A-100)","stateName":"","related":["FOR-023"]}