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Federal Maritime Commission |
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Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) A U.S. government agency that regulates and administers the shipping industry. This agency also grants freight forwarder licenses. |
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Basically, Breyer's book can be seen as a development of his impassioned dissent in a 2002 federalism case, Federal Maritime Commission v. Representatives of the ports' 13 terminals formed the West Coast Marine Terminal Operators Agreement in June to plan and implement the PierPass program, and received an exemption of anti-trust laws from the Federal Maritime Commission so they could discuss and set the program's fees. Most glaringly, in a 5-4 decision, the court ruled on a dispute between the Federal Maritime Commission, which enforces the Federal Shipping Act, and the state-owned port of Charleston, S. |
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Federal Maritime Commission