The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is an independent regulatory agency responsible for the regulation of oceanborne transportation in the foreign commerce of the U.S.  The principal statutes or statutory provisions administered by the Commission are: the Shipping Act of 1984, the Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988, section 19 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, and Public Law 89-777.

WHAT'S NEW                                                WHAT'S NEW ARCHIVE   

• Commission Announces Meeting Scheduled for
   August 19, 2009
• Commissioner Richard A. Lidinsky, Jr. Joins the Commission
• ALJ Issues Order in Docket No. 08-05 Certifying Motion for Dismissal of Proceeding to the Commission
• Commission Issues Order Initiating Proceeding in Docket No. 09-05 
• FMC Announces Compromise Agreements
• Commission Meeting Schedule for August
• Repeal of Marine Terminal Agreement Exemption - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
• FMC Moves to Dismiss Its Court Challenge of LA/LB Clean Trucks Agreement
• Commission Issues Order Denying Petition in Docket No. 08-07
• Commission Announces Joseph E. Brennan to Serve as Acting Chairman
• FMC Issues FY 2010 Congressional Budget Submission
• FMC Recognized as Most Improved Small Agency for 2009
• FMC Launches SERVCON Filing Statistics
• Statement of the Commission Before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
• FMC Holds Industry Briefing with Representatives of the Pacific Coast Council
• Los Angeles/Long Beach Ports Agreements