• Shipping Act Introduced Legislation; FMC rulemakings and actions; supply chain congestion; US CBP Programs CTPAT, AQUA Lane, ACE, export automation, form automation, advance manifest requirements and crew changes, invasive pests and contamination, container cleanliness; Vessel air emissions and efforts to transition to near-zero carbon, at-berth electric power in ports, hydrogen hubs, global R&D for future fuels; Vessel, cargo and crew safety issues including cybersecurity, container scanning, piracy, illicit trafficking; Navigation and waterways safety, Coast Guard PARS studies, loss of containers; Sanctions applicable to maritime industry; Offshore energy development, including ensuring adequate shipping lanes are incorporate into wind farm planning.

Duration: January 1, 2000 to October 1, 2021

General Issues: Transportation, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trucking/Shipping

Spending: about $2,913,704 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2000: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Bureau of the Census, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Maritime Commission, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Minerals Management Service, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), White House Office, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Navy - Dept of, Government Accountability Office (GAO), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Treasury - Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), U.S. Customs & Border Protection,, Natl Security Council (NSC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Smithsonian Institution, Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Transportation Security Administration (TSA)