Carl Bentzel, a commissioner with the US Federal Maritime Commission, issued a statement on August 9, after FMC Chairman Daniel Maffei’s visit to the Port of New York and New Jersey and his assertion there that carriers should not “receive involuntarily subsidized storage for empty containers that belong to them” that are stored by shippers and truckers “without proper compensation.”
Commissioner Bentzel agreed with Maffei’s statement. He added, “In my view, the congestion emanates from the lack of accountability in moving the buildup of empty containers back into the terminals.
