S2.E27 - When electronic trade docs make the evening news... new UK law, FIT Alliance, and FMC updates
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Topic of the Week (9/22/23):
Last week we covered some of the FMC’s rulemaking updates and Commissioner initiatives, but today let’s talk about the movement toward electronic trade documents – namely eBLs – did you catch the major development that happened just this week relating to electronic document acceptance?
Future International Trade (FIT) Alliance:
https://www.fit-alliance.org/
UK Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/38/contents/enacted
ComputerWeekly.com Article:
https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-most-important-law-youve-never-heard-of-the-Electronic-Trade-Documents-Act
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with Lauren Beagen (Founder of The Maritime Professorᵀᴹ and Squall Strategies)
Let's dive in...
But first, our TOP THREE STORIES OF THE WEEK!
1- The Federal Maritime Commission gave us rulemaking updates at their Commission meeting yesterday.
2 - The FMC gave an update, by the numbers, on Charge Complaints and the Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services (of the FMC) gave an update on their case load.
3 - gCaptain reported that Hapag-Lloyd AG is equipping STARLINK internet service across its entire fleet. Great news!
https://gcaptain.com/hapag-lloyd-to-roll-out-starlink-internet-service-fleet-wide/?subscriber=true&goal=0_f50174ef03-4f3cfc41d0-170405670&mc_cid=4f3cfc41d0&mc_eid=26e13788e2
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