FMC Formally Invites Testimony Ahead of Red Sea Hearing

A Federal Maritime Commission hearing on the current conditions in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden will be held Feb. 7 and, if necessary, continue Feb. 8, according to a Federal Register notice. Those who want to testify or submit written testimony must email the FMC secretary before Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. EST, the notice said. The hearing, beginning at 10 a.m., will be held at the Surface Transportation Board in Washington, D.C.

The FMC said it will let those who were selected to testify know no later than Feb. 2. To "ensure a diversity of views and perspectives," the commission said it may "extend invitations" to testify.

The hearing was first announced Jan. 16 to examine how cargo has been disrupted by Houthi rebel attacks on commercial shipping (see 2401120057).