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Statement of Commissioner Daniel B. Maffei: NYSHEX Member Forum and Index Day 2025
Commissioner Daniel B. Maffei was a featured speaker at the 2025 NYSHEX Member Forum and Index Day where he addressed challenges facing the ocean shipping industry and the necessity of transport and logistics executives prioritizing…
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Statement of Chairman Louis E. Sola on FMC Investigation into Flags of Convenience and Unfavorable Conditions Created by Certain Flagging Practices
The Federal Maritime Commission’s nonadjudicatory investigation both calls attention to the longstanding problems associated with irresponsible flagging practices and seeks to identify the steps necessary to bring more uniformity and responsibility to the world’s ships…
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Statement of Chairman Louis E. Sola on USCG Streamlining Reflagging Process
Expanding the U.S. flagged commercial fleet is critical to American economic and national security interests. Thanks to President Trump’s vigorous leadership on maritime policies, as well as initiatives in Congress, we will build and repair…
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Chairman Sola and Commissioner Vekich attend The Marine Society of the City of New York’s 255th Annual Dinner
Chairman Louis E. Sola and Commissioner Max Vekich attended The Marine Society of the City of New York’s 255th Annual Dinner held in Manhattan on March 27, 2025. The event honored C. James Patti, President…
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Statement of Chairman Louis E. Sola on USTR Actions in Section 301 Investigation of China’s Dominance of Global Maritime Industry
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has taken appropriate, justified, and measured actions to counteract the the People’s Republic of China’s deliberate and purposeful targeting of the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors…
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Chairman Sola Highlights FMC Work & Importance of Cruise Industry
Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Louis E. Sola told the Seatrade Cruise Global 2025 summit audience that a new global emissions tax scheme is deeply flawed, that the cruise industry plays an important part in the…
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Statement of Chairman Louis E. Sola – Registries Must Close Rolls to Shadow Fleet Vessels
Pariah regimes use shadow fleets to evade sanctions, generate revenue, and by extension, maintain power. In 2022 and 2023, the Islamic Republic of Iran generated more than $100 billion from energy exports. Cutting off the…
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Commissioner Vekich Attends TPM25
Commissioner Max Vekich attended the Journal of Commerce’s TPM25 conference, held March 2-6, 2025, in Long Beach, CA. During his trip, Commissioner Vekich met with key executives from ocean carriers, marine terminal operating companies, non-vessel-operating…
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Commissioner Maffei Speaks to Agricultural Exporters at Transportation Go!
Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Commissioner Daniel B. Maffei traveled to Minneapolis, MN earlier this month to address attendees of Transportation Go!, an annual conference sponsored by the Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance (SSGA) hosting agricultural…
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Chairman Sola Meets with Danish Ambassador
Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Louis E. Sola met Monday with Ambassador of Denmark to the United States Jesper Moller Sorenson. The two discussed strengths of the bilateral U.S.-Denmark relationship as well as a variety of…
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