{"id":17558,"date":"2025-03-19T18:29:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/?p=17558"},"modified":"2025-03-19T18:29:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:29:53","slug":"federal-maritime-commission-launching-examination-of-global-maritime-chokepoints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/federal-maritime-commission-launching-examination-of-global-maritime-chokepoints\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Maritime Commission Launching Examination of Global Maritime Chokepoints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIbKDaw7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17559 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIbKDaw7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Federal Maritime Commission is\u00a0<a class=\"usa-link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/d\/2025-04042\">gathering information about<\/a>\u00a0seven international maritime chokepoints to identify any regulations, policies, or practices that create unfavorable shipping conditions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The seven chokepoints being examined are: the Northern Sea Passage, the English Channel, the Malacca Strait, the Singapore Strait, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Panama Canal, and the Suez Canal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The review is initiated with an opportunity for public participation through a 60-day comment period.\u00a0 The Commission is specifically interested in responses from foreign governments, container shipping companies, vessel owners, bulk cargo operators, and tramp operators to six specific questions listed in the Federal Register notice announcing this action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Commission initiated this action using authorities found at 46 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a0<a class=\"usa-link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section42101&amp;num=0&amp;edition=prelim\">42101<\/a>\u00a0and 46 C.F.R. \u00a7\u00a0<a class=\"usa-link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-46\/section-502.281\">502.281<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"usa-link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-46\/section-502.282\">502.282<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source : FMC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Maritime Commission is\u00a0gathering information about\u00a0seven international maritime chokepoints<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,2204,442],"tags":[2687,2266,31,32,1297,1388,45,1869],"class_list":["post-17558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-international","category-news","tag-daily-news","tag-international","tag-maritimafrica","tag-maritime","tag-maritime-industry-en","tag-news","tag-shipping-en","tag-suez-canal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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