The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a new data collection directive that will create visibility over containerized vessel imports and exports coming in and out of the United States as required by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA22).
Under OSRA22, the FMC is now responsible for quarterly reporting of tonnage or twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) moved by an ocean carrier vessel in or out of U.S. ports in international common carriage. Data collection will focus on 70 of 154 registered vessel-operating common carriers that transport over 1,500 TEU per month, which account for over 99 percent of imported and exported containerized cargo.
“The Federal Maritime Commission shall publish on its website a calendar quarterly report that describes the total import and export tonnage and the total loaded and empty 20-foot equivalent units per vessel (making port in the United States, including any territory or possession of the United States) operated by each ocean common carrier covered under this chapter. Ocean common carriers under this chapter shall provide to the Commission all necessary information, as determined by the Commission, for completion of this report.”
(OSRA22) 46 U.S.C. § 41110
FMC CARRIER DATA COLLECTION FOR OSRA22
- Needs and Uses: The Commission will use collected data to publish a quarterly report as directed by OSRA 2022.
- Frequency: This information will be collected monthly.
- Type of Respondents: The universe will be carriers who transport 1,500 20-foot equivalent units or more per month (total across imports and exports, regardless of whether they are laden) in or out of the U.S. in international common carriage.
- Number of Annual Respondents: The FMC estimates an annual respondent universe of 70 and expects the estimated number of annual respondents to remain at 70 in the future.
- Estimated Time Per Response: The time per response is estimated at 80 person-hours for reporting.
- Total Annual Burden: For the 70 annual respondents, the burden is calculated as 70 × 80 hours = 5,600 hours.
REQUEST FOR INDUSTRY COMMENTS
(1) the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency’s functions;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated burden;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(4) the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection data.
SUBMIT COMMENTS
Shippers can submit comments for the proposed information collection requests to Lucille L. Marvin, Managing Director at the FMC by emailing [email protected].
