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OMB Control No: 3072-0074	ICR Reference No: 202603-3072-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202303-3072-001
Agency/Subagency: FMC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Container vessel imports and exports
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 09/16/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2026
Responses	360	840
Time Burden (Hours)	2,400	5,603
Cost Burden (Dollars)	410,366	572,678

Abstract: The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 2022) includes the following language, ‘‘The Federal Maritime Commission shall publish on its website a calendar quarterly report that describes the total import and export tonnage and the total loaded and empty 20-foot equivalent units per vessel (making port in the United States, including any territory or possession of the United States) operated by each ocean common carrier covered under this chapter. Ocean common carriers under this chapter shall provide to the Commission all necessary information, as determined by the Commission, for completion of this report.’’ 46 U.S.C. 41110. The FMC will request information on containerized imports and exports from each identified common carrier on a monthly basis. The data elements will include both tonnage and empty and laden 20-foot, 40-foot, and 45-foot containers discharged and loaded. The scope will include each port of call on service strings that include U.S. calls by vessel-operating common carriers operating in the U.S. foreign oceanborne commerce. The information will be used to compile and publish a quarterly report on total U.S. export and import tonnage deployed and total loaded and empty 20-foot equivalent units per vessel operated by vessel-operating common carriers. The universe will be vessel operating common carriers that transport 1,500 or more 20-foot equivalent units per month (total across imports and exports, regardless of whether they are laden or empty) in or out of the U.S., in the U.S. oceanborne foreign commerce. The Commission estimates that approximately 70 of the 154 currently registered vessel-operating common carriers transport 1,500 or more 20-foot equivalent units per month, totaling over 99 percent of imported and exported containerized cargo.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 46 USC 41110 Name of Law: The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: US Code: 46 USC 41110 Name of Law: Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 3195	01/26/2026
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 31455	05/27/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Container vessel imports and exports

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	360	840	-480
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,400	5,603	-3,203
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	410,366	572,678	-162,312

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: Number of respondents has been reduced from 70 to 30 ocean carriers because the latter are collectively responsible for 98% of the containerized cargo market in and out of the United States. The amount of assumed hours on the government side of the burden calculation has been reduced to reflect the actual amount of time staff expended since collection, analysis and reporting began. Salary adjustments were made to reflect the most recent, available figures.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $132,807

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Sarah Cinq Mars 202 523-1899 scinqmars@fmc.gov

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