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Oct 31, 2026
Lauren BeagenHOST
We're going to start there.
Lauren BeagenHOST
the Federal Maritime Commission is proposing a pretty significant response to Spain's treatment of certain U.S. flag vessels.
Lauren BeagenHOST
Arguably, I said significant, but arguably, It is a corrective response.
Lauren BeagenHOST
We're going to talk about that in a minute.
Giles BrownHOST
And finally, Spanish olive oil could disappear from US imports.
Giles BrownHOST
The US Federal Maritime Commission is considering imposing an embargo on certain Spanish products in retaliation for Spain's refusal to allow US ships involved in transporting goods to Israel to enter its ports.
Giles BrownHOST
Among the measures is a potential ban on imports of Spanish olive oil, as well as cosmetics, ceramics and other goods.
Giles BrownHOST
The consequences could be particularly severe for Spain's olive oil sector.
Lauren BeagenHOST
We were also the first to interview Sang-Yi when he was the acting Maritime Administrator at the Maritime Administration.
Lauren BeagenHOST
And you know, of course you know this, we have interviewed more Federal Maritime Commission commissioners than anybody else out there.
Lauren BeagenHOST
And my personal cherry on top, the reason why I know that's true is because By Land and By Sea is still the only podcast to interview FMC Commissioner Rebecca Dye, the only one that she's appeared on.
Lauren BeagenHOST
I mean, that's pretty incredible for a show that started with me just getting on LinkedIn Live to talk about ocean shipping regulations as a way to reintroduce myself after I had gotten married and I had a new last name.
Noel HacegabaGUEST
But it's feeling more like Long Beach these days.
Lauren BeagenHOST
That's wonderful.
Lauren BeagenHOST
You know, so I worked at the Federal Maritime Commission with Mario Cordero, the former executive port director at Long Beach.
Lauren BeagenHOST
Yes.
Sal MercoglianoGUEST
And unfortunately, that hasn't been something that we've seen done.
Sal MercoglianoGUEST
CBP, MARAD, even the Federal Maritime Commission don't have the bodies and I think the bandwidth to be able to track this correctly.
Chris KavasHOST
Well, we'll see what happens on November 15th when the... current third waiver runs out.
Chris KavasHOST
Who knows? And that's after the midterm election.
Lars JensenHOST
If you again think back, one of the practical repercussions at the time where there was a few, for example, mosque vessels that were U.S. flagged that were barred from calling Al Jazeera's and had to do calls in Tangiers instead.
Lars JensenHOST
That launched into an investigation at the Federal Maritime Commission.
Lars JensenHOST
to examine whether this basically was detrimental to U.S. foreign trade.
Lars JensenHOST
As with some of these investigations, you can already guess what the conclusion was going to be, but clearly you have to go through the motions apparently of making the report.
Lars JensenHOST
But they also suggest restrictions on various goods.
Lars JensenHOST
So import restrictions and what they are mentioning would be perfumery, cosmetics, oils, ceramics, articles of stone, sugar, and confectionaries.
Lars JensenHOST
Now, as I mentioned, these are recommendations from the Federal Maritime Commission.
Lars JensenHOST
They have put that up on their website.
Mark SegristHOST
Now, President Trump has repeatedly threatened economic action against Spain and the country's products, but this time the action isn't coming from USTR, Commerce, Treasury, or State.
Mark SegristHOST
It's coming from the Federal Maritime Commission, or the FMC.
Mark SegristHOST
In an October fourteenth Federal Register notice, the FMC proposed significant penalties against Spain for denying port access to US-flagged vessels participating in the Maritime Security Program.
Mark SegristHOST
The investigation actually began in December twenty twenty-four during the Biden administration after Spain reportedly denied docking privileges to at least three US-flagged vessels carrying military supplies bound for Israel.
Mike KingHOST
Uh, allegations of spying by their ships from the Trump administration.
Mike KingHOST
We've also seen the Federal Maritime Commission, which is more like a, a lever of the State Department, is how it's been explained to me, than it used to be at least.
Mike KingHOST
Are these just s- ... shots across the bows as part of a bigger US-China trade war, in your view?
John McCownGUEST
Um, you know, I th- I think it's a little more latter kind of shots across the bow.
Malcolm HarrisHOST
Stu is in the mix.
Malcolm HarrisHOST
Let's talk a little Samsung action, all right? So with this one, Samsung Electronics America is seeking at least 186 million from CMA CGM in a federal maritime commission complaint alleging the ocean carrier imposed unlawful container charges and failed to fulfill inland transportation commitments.
Malcolm HarrisHOST
All right? The dispute centers on, quote, unquote, "store door shipments" under which CMA agreed to transport Samsung's containers from overseas origins through US ports to des- designated inland destination.
Malcolm HarrisHOST
Samsung's argument is that the carrier passed along cost arising from delays in transportation it was responsible for arranging, while requiring the electronics company to take over parts of the delivery process.
Malcolm HarrisHOST
Let's talk a little Samsung action, all right? So with this one, Samsung Electronics America is seeking...
Malcolm HarrisHOST
at least 186 million from cma cgm in a federal maritime commission complaint alleging the ocean carrier imposed unlawful container charges and failed to fulfill inland transportation commitments right the dispute centers on quote-unquote store door shipments under which cma agreed to transport samsung's containers from overseas origins through u.s ports to designated inland destination Samsung's argument is that the carrier pass-along cost arising from delays in transportation it was responsible for arranging while requiring the electronics company to take over parts of the delivery process.
Malcolm HarrisHOST
All right, so CMA, they began handling Samsung containers under store door bills of lading in late January 2020.
Malcolm HarrisHOST
Samsung alleges that beginning around the middle of that year, the carrier repeatedly failed to move the containers properly from marine and intermodal terminals and deliver them to their inland destination.
Lars JensenHOST
If rates, they go down, the carrier's absolutely not gonna get the contracted rates they thought they were going to get.
Lars JensenHOST
And sure, there's been a lot of cases moving through the Federal Maritime Commission over the last few years revolving around some of these topics.
Lars JensenHOST
But they have also revealed that it is never cut and dry.
Lars JensenHOST
It is never as easy as you didn't allow me to book and load, because there's a lot of nuances that then goes into why was that the case.
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