March 31, 2020
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September 30, 2018
The CRCCF is featured in the 2018 USMX Annual Report. Check out the relevant page below, or click here to read the entire report.
Page 39 from the 2019 USMX Annual Report
September 30, 2018
CONTAINER ROYALTY CENTRAL COLLECTION FUND (CRCCF) 2018 UPDATE
Contract year ending September 30, 2018, marked the close of the third full year of operations of the CRCCF system. This was a year focused on data integrity to further improve the process around missing vessels by ensuring that multiple checkpoints are included in the process and implemented in a timely fashion. CRCCF continues to roll-out system enhancements to improve the end-user experience and to confirm optimilization of the platform. The development of a new loader for the CFS module was completed, with expected implementation in 2019.
About the Fund
Under the terms of the 2012-2018 Master Contract, the ILA and USMX agreed to establish the CRCCF. The Fund is tasked with the development of a comprehensive system to automate the intake of carrier shipping reports; track carrier delivery tonnage on incoming/outgoing vessels; invoice carriers on a per-voyage basis; and collect and allocate carrier payments to appropriate funds. The end state is a system that:
• processes files uploaded by USMX carrier members into a standardized electronic format and integrates them into a database;
• interfaces with reporting mechanisms capable of generating management dashboards from that data and analyzing it in any number of ways; and
• prepares timely and accurate carrier invoices, tracks and manages the CFS Program by processing station subsidies and carrier credits.
The current system, now under the 2018-2024 Master Contract, enables the ILA and local port management to more effectively schedule and manage manpower at the ports and to define work associated with container verification on both incoming and outgoing vessels. The system also provides USMX members and affiliated management with an auditable process that ensures invoice accuracy of carrier reporting with real checks, directly executed by members at the port.
June 2016 - September 2018
CRCCF Website Enhancements
Below you will find a list of enhancements that have been made to the CRCCF website since June 2016. One of the CRCCF goals is to provide a system that is easy to use and provides the user with the data they need to perform their specific jobs requirements. With the assistance of user feedback, we have taken recommendations and have updated our system to become an enhanced user friendly application.
September 26, 2018
ILA and USMX Officially Sign Six-Year Contract Agreement That Brings Labor Peace To Industry Until September 30, 2024
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (September 26, 2018) The two leaders of the International Longshoremen’s Association, AFL-CIO and United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd., officially signed the six-year ILA-USMX Master Contract extension, with ILA President Harold J. Daggett calling the agreement the “greatest contract in the history of the ILA.”
Surrounded by ILA officers and USMX board and bargaining committee members at ILA headquarters in North Bergen, New Jersey on Tuesday, September 25th, ILA President Daggett and David F. Adam, USMX Chairman and CEO affixed their signatures to the agreement that features landmark protections for ILA members against automation job losses, maintaining a premier National Health Care Plan (MILA) and generous salary increases throughout the life of the contract. Employers said the contract was fair and equitable and beneficial to both sides to allow companies to expand, grow and flourish.
“I have been a part of this industry for more than 50 years and I have never seen a better agreement for ILA members than this six-year contract,” said ILA President Daggett. “It was an honor for me to serve as chief negotiator for the ILA and I applaud the members of the contract committee and full ILA wage scale delegation for helping me deliver this landmark agreement.”
“This was a long, arduous process to bring home this six-year agreement but both the ILA and USMX recognized and respected what each side needed to be successful and I believe we were tremendously successful with this six-year contract,” said USMX’s Dave Adam.
This new agreement now brings labor peace to Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports until September 30, 2024. ILA members overwhelmingly ratified this agreement on September 6th and USMX did the same later on September 11.
Also at yesterday’s signing ceremony, ILA President Harold Daggett and New York Shipping Association President John Nardi officially signed the ILA-NYSA local agreement and echoed the sentiments of the national agreement by terming it “the best ever.”
September 18, 2018
The CRCC Fund held its annual Administrator Conference in the port of Charleston.
Topics of discussion included:
New Master Contract, Standard Chart of Accounts, 2018-2019 Revenue/Expenses Projection, 2017-2018 Royalty Distributions, Trustees Role & Responsibilities, FICA, New CRCCF Website, Tutorials, Inspector Work Requirements, and 2016-2017 Audit Reports. If you would like to review this presentation, please contact us.