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Industry Advisory: Requirements to Maintain Status as a VOCC
Common carriers publishing automated tariffs as vessel-operating common carriers (VOCCs) must operate at least one vessel in common carriage in the foreign commerce of the United States to maintain their status. Organizations offering common carriage…
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FMC Unveils Redesigned Website
The Federal Maritime Commission today launched an updated version of its website that improves ease of navigation, information accessibility, and ways for the public to identify and request assistance from the agency. The website now…
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Commission Publishes Update of its Official Case Law Reporter
The Federal Maritime Commission has published on its website an update to Decisions of the Federal Maritime Commission, Second Series (Volume 7). This publication provides a compendium of Initial and Final Decisions of the Commission…
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FMC May Meeting Focused on Agency Outreach and Licensing Efforts
Demand for cargo and passenger ocean transportation services remains strong post-pandemic and the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) used the open session of its May 2024 meeting to highlight how agency licensing and outreach programs improve…
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FMC Seeks Public Comments on New Maersk & Hapag-Lloyd Cooperative Agreement
The Federal Maritime Commission has opened a 12-day comment period allowing interested members of the public to respond to Maersk and Hapag Lloyd’s newly filed vessel sharing agreement, the Gemini Cooperation Agreement. Instructions for submitting…
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April 2024 Activity Report
STATEMENTS & RELEASES Testimony of Chairman Maffei before Congress Prepared statement of Daniel B. Maffei submitted for inclusion in the record for hearing “Review of Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for Coast Guard and Maritime…
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Compromise Agreements Yield over $2.3 Million in Penalties & Changes to Business Practices
The Federal Maritime Commission has entered into compromise agreements with three different companies resulting in the collection of more than $2.3 million in civil penalty payments, and commitments by each company to reform specific business…
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American Queen Voyages — Update on Refund Process
SURETY BOND PROCESSES Passengers who had booked travel aboard an American Queen Voyages (AQV) vessel departing from a United States port may file a refund claim against the surety bond. The now-insolvent company was required…
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FMC Launches Investigation of the Impact of Canadian Regulations on U.S.-Flag Carriers
The Federal Maritime Commission launched an investigation today to determine if pending Canadian regulations governing ballast water management systems of ships in the U.S.-Canada Great Lakes trade have a disparate effect on U.S. flagged vessels and constitute…
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Commission Meeting Scheduled for May 29, 2024
SUNSHINE ACT MEETING TIME AND DATE: May 29, 2024; 1:00 p.m. PLACE: The meeting will be held at the Surface Transportation Board at the address below and also streamed live on the Federal Maritime Commission’s YouTube channel. Surface Transportation Board395 E.…
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