Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 10, 2026

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Jan 15, 2026
§ 501.17 - Delegation to and redelegation by the Director, Bureau of Trade Analysis.

(a) Authority to recommend to the Commission the initiation of formal proceedings or other actions with respect to suspected violations of the Shipping Act of 1984, as amended, and rules and regulations of the Commission.

(b) The authority to accept, deny, or deactivate a Form FMC-1 submitted by ocean common carriers, non-vessel-operating common carriers, conferences, and marine terminal operators under parts 520 and 525 of this chapter.

(c) Authority contained in part 530 of this chapter to approve, but not deny, requests for permission to correct clerical or administrative errors in the essential terms of filed service contracts.

[90 FR 26222, June 20, 2025]
authority: 5 U.S.C. 551-557,701,2903; 31 U.S.C. 3721; 41 U.S.C. 414 and 418; 44 U.S.C. 501-520 and 3501-3520; 46 U.S.C. 40101-41309,42101,44101,46101; Pub. L. 89-56, 70 Stat. 195; 5 CFR part 2638; Pub. L. 104-320, 110 Stat. 3870
source: 86 FR 50681, Sept. 10, 2021, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 501.17