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FMC Announces Hearing on Shipping Conditions in the Red Sea
The Federal Maritime Commission will hold an informal public hearing on February 7, 2024, to examine how conditions in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden regions are impacting commercial shipping and global supply chains.…
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Maximum Penalty Fees Adjusted
The Federal Maritime Commission will increase the maximum penalties assessed for statutory violations effective January 15, 2024, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 2015. The increases are tied to the…
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Industry Advisory – Requiring No Cost Access to Tariff Publication Systems
Posted January 4, 2024 Common Carriers and Conferences must provide public access to their tariff publication systems free of charge effective February 1, 2024. This requirement is established pursuant to a Final Rule, published on January 2,…
Categories: Industry Advisory
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Commission Announces New Secretary
Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Daniel B. Maffei today announced the hiring of David Eng to serve as Secretary of the Commission. Mr. Eng is a career government attorney who possesses more than 10 years of…
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Impacts From Threats to Shipping
The Federal Maritime Commission is aware that ocean common carriers are adjusting vessel operations and deployments in response to threats to commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden regions. In doing so,…
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November 2023 Activity Report
Posted December 20, 2023 STATEMENTS & RELEASES National Shipper Advisory Committee November 2023 Meeting A recording of the November 16, 2023 meeting of the National Shipper Advisory Committee is available for viewing on the Federal Maritime…
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October 2023 Activity Report
STATEMENTS & RELEASES September 2023 Activity Report Commissioner Sola Featured Speaker at the American Maritime Forum Commissioner Louis E. Sola delivered a compelling presentation at the American Maritime Forum held in Miami, FL on October…
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September 2023 Activity Report
STATEMENTS & RELEASES FMC Discusses OSRA Implementation, Consumer Assistance Accomplishments Commissioners were briefed at a September 21, 2023, meeting that substantive progress is being made in completing three of the rulemakings mandated by the Ocean…
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FMC Discusses OSRA Implementation, Consumer Assistance Accomplishments
Posted September 28, 2023 Commissioners were briefed at the September 21, 2023, meeting of the Federal Maritime Commission that substantive progress is being made in completing three of the rulemakings mandated by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022…
Categories: Commission Meeting Agenda
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August 2023 Activity Report
STATEMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Industry Advisory—Names of Non-Compliant NVOCCs Posted to FMC Website The Federal Maritime Commission began posting the names of Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers (NVOCCs) that do not publish a tariff, contrary to Commission regulations…

