• Issues related to international trade, including cargo volume, tariff exemptions, and throughput.
• General labor issues impacting marine terminals.
• Issues related to the Harbor Maintenance Program, international tax issues, and cargo handling equipment.
• Issues related to port infrastructure (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, and for other purposes), port operations, global supply chain, Ocean Shipping Reform Act (P.L.117-146) implementation, H.R.1836, Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation Act of 2023, H.R.3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L.117-58) implementation, and H.R.5376, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L.117-169) implementation.
• Issues related to ports and infrastructure funding.

Duration: January 1, 2023 to present

General Issues: Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Transportation

Spending: about $50,000 (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 2023: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Maritime Commission, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Affiliated organizations: SSA Marine