FMC Chair Joins U.S. Opposition to IMO Carbon Plan With Warning

The chair of the Federal Maritime Commission has joined the U.S. delegation to high-stakes climate talks at the UN’s International Maritime Organization, accompanied by an explicit warning that could signal a more confrontational U.S. posture toward the proposed global shipping carbon pricing regime.

In a statement Monday, FMC Chairman Laura DiBella said she joined the U.S. delegation to the IMO’s 84th Marine Environment Protection Committee session in London to reinforce U.S. opposition to the proposed Net-Zero Framework, describing the plan as “an unnecessary tax on U.S. shippers and vessels operating in international waters.”

The statement explicitly cited FMC authority under 46 U.S.C. §§ 42106