{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/680a5614989b552478c0337a/69fc1d0a669475c107915746?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"In conversation: Laura DiBella, chair, US Federal Maritime Commission","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/680a5614989b552478c0337a/1778138308246-39441938-dd97-483c-8a65-1d1236bd1166.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Laura DiBella became the chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, the US agency that regulates international shipping, in January.</p><p>She has already taken steps in her new role that are fairly new for FMC&nbsp;leaders, such as rejecting container operators' requests to raise rates amid the Strait of Hormuz crisis and playing a visible role in the US delegation at the International Maritime Organization in recent meetings to discuss the proposed Net Zero Framework.</p><p>TradeWinds' Eric Priante Martin spoke with her on the stage at the recent TradeWinds Shipowners Forum USA in Houston.</p><p><br></p><p>Read more: <a href=\"https://www.tradewindsnews.com/regulation/-we-can-act-trump-s-fmc-chair-threatens-to-create-penalties-for-net-zero-framework-tax/2-1-1986344\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘We can act’: Trump’s FMC chair threatens to create penalties for Net-Zero Framework tax</a></p><p><br></p><p>Host and interviewer: Eric Priante Martin, TradeWinds US Bureau Chief</p><p>Guest: Laura DiBella, chair, Federal Maritime Commission</p><p><br></p><p>Recorded at <a href=\"https://www.tradewinds.events/website/9017/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TradeWinds US Shipowner Forum</a>, Houston, May 5th 2026</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>A TradeWinds/DN Media podcast</em></strong></p>","author_name":"TradeWinds"}