• FY25 appropriations for port infrastructure and marine highway programs. H.R. 1836, Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation Act - impact on marine terminal operators. H.R. 1696, The Ocean Shipping Antitrust Enforcement Act - impact on MTOs. WH Data Initiative. Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking re: Detention and Demurrage. FMC ruling on Evergreen weekend detention issue re: impact to terminal demurrage. NOFO Port Infrastructure Development grant program. Buy American Act re: legal waivers for construction materials and cargo handling materials. Request tax credits for near-zero and zero-emission capable cargo handling equipment. Amendments to the Capital Construction Fund at MARAD to include cargo handling equipment. H.R.4993, To amend title 46, United States Code, to include the replacement or purchase of additional cargo handling equipment as an eligible purpose for Capital Construction Funds. Administration Executive Order on Improving the Nations Cybersecurity.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to present

General Issues: Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Homeland Security, Transportation, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Trucking/Shipping

Spending: about $4,070,000 (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 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Maritime Commission, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Maritime Administration (MARAD), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Labor - Dept of (DOL), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Labor - Dept of (DOL),, Maritime Administration (MARAD),, Treasury - Dept of, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,