FMC Chairman Richard Lidinsky

Richard Lidinsky

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard Lidinsky Jr. said he hopes the FMC can move quickly on a “top-to-bottom” modernization of rules covering non-vessel-operating common carriers.

In a speech to the annual meeting of the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Lidinsky outlined the FMC’s efforts to overhaul its regulations covering NVOs.

The FMC, Lidinsky emphasized, is trying to balance the need to reduce regulatory burdens on NVOs, which have no antitrust immunity and are required to post bonds, with the need to protect the shipping public against fraud and unfair practices.

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