Federal Maritime Commission’s (FMC) inquiry over whether Canada had unfairly attracted cargo from US ports, because it imposed no equivalent taxes, found the Canadians blameless while at the same time, saying their port operators still posed a threat to US cargo.
“The commission study has found no legal or regulatory impediment to the use of ocean carriers of Canadian or Mexican ports for US cargo shipments,” said FMC chairman Richard Lidinsky.
“We identified a situation in the Pacific Northwest, even reaching southward into California, whereby cargo movement through certain parts of our border are putting these ports at a strong competitive disadvantage,” said Mr Lidinsky.