US FMC MTDS

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US Federal Maritime Commision Final Recommendations on the Maritime Transportation System Data Requirements

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FMC MTDR

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The final recommendations generated through the MTDI process call for the establishment of the Maritime Transportation Data System (MTDS). In broad terms, the MTDS would: establish a
system of information on planned ocean carrier voyages, information on vessels transits with realtime position of vessels and real-time estimates of arrival, harmonization of standards for public
information related to terminal access for cargo retrieval and standardize the method of characterizing cargo status for cargo retrieval from MTOs. The recommendation also proposes to
extend similar in-transit visibility and terminal status information requirement to intermodal rail carriers servicing ocean carrier shipments.

This final recommendation also addresses transparency, ease of access, and coordination of information concerns. The wide variety of carriers, terminals, and affiliated services providers
(e.g., drayage trucking intermodal equipment providers, warehousing, distribution centers, off-site depots) and unique market and geographical considerations ensures that almost every port complex is unique in operations and the process of coordinating the thousands of companies doing business at a port. As such, the MTDS recommendation would recognize the role of the port authority in providing public access to ensure that they provide information from ocean carriers servicing the port, MTOs operating at the port, and intermodal rail carriers servicing ocean carrier intermodal shipments through the port, as well as other general port-wide information such as that related to scheduling berthing/pilotage, and other port-wide operating conditions. Additionally, the recommendation for the MTDS proposes that the FMC issue voluntary guidelines on potential activities surrounding intermodal services impacting intermodal ports.

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