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  • The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is an independent commission, responsible for regulating oceanborne transportation for domestic and foreign trade.

    President Names Two To Federal Maritime Commission ITY National Archives 1994

  • Danny, who dispenses ammo and folk wisdom at the Pacific Rod and Gun Club in San Francisco, has a passing interest in oceanborne trade and the consequences of global piracy.

    Logistics Management Logistics - Best Practices News 2009

  • They remain one of the giants in oceanborne commerce and global logistics, but in abandoning shipbuilding, they've given up a key part of their brand … and legend.

    Logistics Management Logistics - Best Practices News 2009

  • The Federal Maritime Commission, a governmental regulatory agency that oversees the oceanborne transportation of the United States 'foreign commerce, has filed a trucking-program-related complaint against the cities and port authorities and commissioners of Los Angeles and Long Beach in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. The maritime commission is seeking to end the clean truck programs because it believes the model being implemented by those ports will result in an unreasonable increase in transportation costs as well as a decrease in competition.

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News 2008

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