October 29, 2021 On this episode of What's Going on With Shipping, host Sal Mercogliano - Chair of the Department of History, Criminal Justice, and Political Science, former merchant mariner, and instructor of Maritime History, Security and Industry Policy - discusses the reason behind the escalating demurrage (hyper-demurrage) charges by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach against the ocean carriers. In the second part, we examine the recent confirmation hearing of Max Vehick as Commissioner to the Federal Maritime Commission and what he knows about the FMC.