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In the USA, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a statement outlining the launch of a \u201cnon adjudicatory investigation into transit constraints at key maritime chokepoints, focusing on the impact of foreign laws, regulations, and shipping practices\u201d.

With our comprehensive portfolio of international container shipping services for both LCL and FCL import and export cargoes, this was interesting news for the U-Freight Group.

It seems that the FMC perceives that its role is to \u201cprescribe regulations affecting shipping in foreign trade\u201d if they are unfavourable to American shipping companies. As part of this mission, it has identified \u201cchoke points\u201d as \u201cconstraints on transits,\u201d and apparently, these count as some sort of competitive disadvantage.

The FMC has identified seven of these choke points; \u201cthe English Channel, the Malacca Strait, the Northern Sea Passage, the Singapore Strait, the Panama Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar, and the Suez Canal\u201d and it is looking to ask a number of questions.

These include an examination of the causes, nature, and effects, including financial and environmental effects, of constraints on one or more of the maritime chokepoints.

In addition, the enquiry will seek to determine the extent to which constraints are caused by or attributable to the laws, regulations, practices, actions, or inactions of one or more foreign governments.

It will also consider the extent constraints are caused by or attributable to the practices, actions, or inactions of owners or operators of foreign-flag vessels.

It appears that the FMC is hoping to investigate if the management of these \u201cchokepoints\u201d is an obstruction to competition

It is difficult to determine the importance of this investigation. Under normal circumstance, we might assume that the FMC is trying to improve its understanding of the functioning of the shipping sector. However, some see the FMC as emerging as a policy tool of some importance for the Trump administration, and believe the FMC enquiry cannot be dismissed as routine.

For more information about our ocean freight forwarding and logistics services, please visit the relevant pages of this website, or contact your local office, which can be seen here: https:\/\/ufreight.com\/locations<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the USA, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a statement outlining the launch of a \u201cnon adjudicatory investigation into transit constraints at key maritime chokepoints, focusing on the impact of foreign laws, regulations, and shipping practices\u201d. 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