John A Moran News

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Harold J. Creel, Jr., announced today that Commissioner John A. Moran has submitted his resignation from the Federal Maritime Commission, effective April 15, 2002. Commissioner Moran was nominated to serve as a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission on October 15, 1998, and confirmed by the United States Senate on October 21, 1998. He was sworn in on October 27, 1998. Chairman Creel noted that Commissioner Moran came to the Commission just thirteen days after the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 ("OSRA") was signed into law and that Commissioner Moran's experience in congressional and legislative affairs…

President Bush has nominated Rebecca Dye to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner. Her nomination is for the term expiring June 30, 2005, vice John A. Moran, term expired. Dye is currently Majority Counsel to the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.