The U.S. can better target disreputable foreign ship owners by modernizing how it classifies vessel registries, the Liberian registry tells regulators.
Shipping giant Maersk is urging the FMC to resist an independent US enforcement regime – as some recommend – to combat renegade ship owners.
A union representing vessel crews is warning regulators of the economic and safety dangers of flag states operating under the radar.
Federal regulators are opening an informal investigation to determine whether less costly foreign-flag ship registries are undercutting U.S. foreign trade.
With the prospect of massive fees against Chinese ocean carriers at U.S. ports, shipping’s top regulator is trying to quell fears of turmoil in American export markets.
The Federal Maritime Commission wants to know whether foreign countries and their shipping companies are causing supply chain constraints around the world.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill discussed whether Chinese influence was violating Panama Canal neutrality at the expense of U.S. international trade.
Deregulatory priorities within the Trump administration could throw a wrench in federal agencies’ rulemaking pipeline.
Spain could be liable for millions of dollars in penalties if the Federal Maritime Commission finds it has been turning away U.S. container ships. Separately, news accounts say a Danish-flagged vessel was denied entry because it was carrying military weapons to Israel.
A Federal Maritime Commission member told Congress that shippers will retain their contract rights with container lines in the event of a dockworker strike next week.
Federal regulators have finalized a rule making it harder for ocean carriers to refuse to provide vessel space for customers.
Container carriers’ request to extend the compliance deadline for new federal billing requirements is being vigorously opposed by their customers.
The Federal Maritime Commission suggests that requiring better data could lead to less congestion and fewer container storage fees.
Federal regulators are bracing for a surge in container late fee complaints as ocean carriers and shippers process alternate routing options following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Legislation approved by the House gives the Federal Maritime Commission more power to investigate potential container market manipulation by China.
Shippers say a new Federal Maritime Commission rule meant to make billing more transparent will instead cause them more headaches.
Regulators have imposed new billing standards on ocean carriers that shippers consider a “major step” toward eliminating abuse.
Requiring container ship operators to file an export policy would be too costly — and unlawful as well, carriers tell regulators.
Shippers want Congress to expand FMC’s power over rail storage fees, but shipping lines say the power is already in the hands of the STB.
Legislation giving FMC more power over alliances is aimed at preventing anticompetitive container carrier agreements.
