Klobuchar, Thune offer Senate companion to House-approved shipping bill

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Thune (R-SD) on Thursday introduced a companion to a House-approved bill that would update federal shipping regulations to help protect U.S. exporters against unfair practices by ocean carriers. The “Ocean Shipping Reform Act” would “level the playing field for American exporters by making it harder for ocean carriers to unreasonably refuse goods ready to export at ports, and it would give the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) greater rulemaking authority to regulate harmful practices by...