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The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is an independent federal agency responsible for regulating the United States' international ocean transportation system.

For more than 230 years, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has played a critical role in ensuring maritime safety, security and environmental stewardship through its far-reaching and evolving missions.

The Trump Administration issued its "America's Maritime Action Plan" on February 13, 2026. The MAP, as it is generally referred to, was called for by the President's April 9, 2025, Executive Order titled...

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), charged with analyzing, promoting and representing America's international trade interests abroad, recently fired a salvo against the European Union (EU). Invoking dispute resolution procedures at the World Trade Organization (WTO), U.S. Trade Rep Robert Zoellick hopes to solve a problem small and medium size U.S. exporters face getting their wares through customs on the Continent.

On January 12, 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced plans to auction on February 23 almost 500,000 acres off the coast of New York and New Jersey...

As exploration for energy moved offshore, the United States exercised sovereign authority establishing the applicable laws and regulations over these unique and complexed operations where situs and status...

Companies often ask if it is possible to obtain a Jones Act waiver in emergency circumstances or otherwise when they know that there may not be domestic Jones Act vessels available...

2018 年 6 月 6 日，美国联邦海事委员会（"FMC"）一致投票（3-0）批准了重大变更，以减轻海运中介机构（"OTI"）的合规负担，并简化了使用无船承运人（"NVOCC"ʌ

On May 2, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released Draft Guidance regarding the implementation of Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCTs) for drugs, biological products, and devices.

The G7 recently announced new price caps with respect to seaborne petroleum products that originate in Russia.

The below e-mail recently received by the author paints the picture we are seeing a thousand fold in the current ocean shipping marketplace in the inbound/outbound Asia trade lanes.

The Federal Maritime Commission's (FMC or Commission) recent decision on Seafrigo's petition for attorneys' fees in Bakerly, LLC v. Seafrigo USA, Inc., Dkt. No. 22‑17, offers a rare window into how the FMC...

The Capital Construction Fund ("CCF") program is a joint program of the Internal Revenue Service and the United States Maritime Administration which provides federal income tax incentives...

In an age of persistent disruption, the next "black swan" event may be lurking in Central America. The Panama Canal, leveraged for 40% of all U.S. container traffic, is experiencing unprecedented drought conditions.

The U.S. Coast Guard published an Interim Rule on February 28, 2013 to implement the revised MARPOL Annex V garbage regulations.