United States Federal Maritime Commission

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independent federal agency regulatory agency

The United States Federal Maritime Commission is an independent federal agency responsible for regulating the U.S. international ocean transportation system to ensure a competitive and reliable maritime industry.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Federal Maritime Commission	23
Commissioners of the Federal Maritime Commission	3
Bureau of Trade Analysis of the Federal Maritime Commission	1
Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission	1
Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission	1
Federal Maritime Commission Office of the Managing Director	1
Federal Maritime Commission to investigate foreign shipping practices	1
Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services of the Federal Maritime Commission	1
United States Federal Maritime Commission canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2090731 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Federal Maritime Commission
Context triple: [United States Maritime Commission, replacedBy, United States Federal Maritime Commission]

A. Maritime Labor Board
The Maritime Labor Board was a U.S. federal body responsible for handling labor relations and disputes in the maritime industry under the authority of the United States Maritime Commission.
B. United States Maritime Commission
The United States Maritime Commission was a federal agency created in the 1930s to develop, regulate, and expand the American merchant marine and oversee the construction and operation of commercial and auxiliary ships.
C. Maritime Administration
The Maritime Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for promoting and regulating the nation’s merchant marine, maritime transportation system, and related infrastructure and workforce.
D. Maryland Port Administration
The Maryland Port Administration is the state agency responsible for managing and promoting Maryland’s public port facilities, including the Port of Baltimore, to support maritime commerce and economic development.
E. Panama Canal Commission
The Panama Canal Commission was the U.S. government agency that operated and maintained the Panama Canal until control was transferred to Panama at the end of 1999.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Federal Maritime Commission
Target entity description: The United States Federal Maritime Commission is an independent federal agency responsible for regulating the U.S. international ocean transportation system to ensure a competitive and reliable maritime industry.

A. Maritime Labor Board
The Maritime Labor Board was a U.S. federal body responsible for handling labor relations and disputes in the maritime industry under the authority of the United States Maritime Commission.
B. United States Maritime Commission
The United States Maritime Commission was a federal agency created in the 1930s to develop, regulate, and expand the American merchant marine and oversee the construction and operation of commercial and auxiliary ships.
C. Maritime Administration
The Maritime Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for promoting and regulating the nation’s merchant marine, maritime transportation system, and related infrastructure and workforce.
D. Maryland Port Administration
The Maryland Port Administration is the state agency responsible for managing and promoting Maryland’s public port facilities, including the Port of Baltimore, to support maritime commerce and economic development.
E. Panama Canal Commission
The Panama Canal Commission was the U.S. government agency that operated and maintained the Panama Canal until control was transferred to Panama at the end of 1999.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	independent federal agency ⓘ regulatory agency ⓘ
abbreviation	FMC ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure a competitive maritime industry ⓘ ensure a reliable maritime industry ⓘ promote a competitive and efficient U.S. ocean transportation system ⓘ protect the public from unfair ocean transportation practices ⓘ
appliesLaw	Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988 ⓘ Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 ⓘ Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 ⓘ Shipping Act of 1984 ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
chairpersonRole	chief executive and administrative officer of the Commission ⓘ
commissionersConfirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
commissionersTermLength	5 years ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
formedAs	independent agency separate from the U.S. Maritime Administration ⓘ
governingBody	Board of Commissioners ⓘ
hasFunction	adjudicate complaints involving alleged violations of shipping statutes ⓘ collect and analyze data on ocean shipping ⓘ enforce U.S. shipping laws in its jurisdiction ⓘ investigate potentially anticompetitive ocean carrier agreements ⓘ license and regulate ocean transportation intermediaries ⓘ
hasNumberOfCommissioners	5 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
isPartOf	United States Government independent agencies ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
language	English ⓘ
monitors	foreign shipping practices ⓘ ocean freight rates and service conditions ⓘ
oversees	agreements among marine terminal operators ⓘ agreements among ocean common carriers ⓘ service contracts between shippers and ocean common carriers ⓘ tariffs of common carriers ⓘ
parentAgency	none ⓘ
regulates	U.S. international ocean transportation system ⓘ freight forwarders ⓘ marine terminal operators ⓘ non-vessel-operating common carriers ⓘ ocean common carriers ⓘ ocean transportation intermediaries ⓘ
sector	international trade regulation ⓘ maritime transportation ⓘ
supervises	Bureau of Certification and Licensing ⓘ Bureau of Enforcement, Investigations, and Compliance ⓘ Bureau of Trade Analysis ⓘ Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services ⓘ
website	https://www.fmc.gov/ ⓘ

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