U.S. President Donald Trump has transmitted to the Senate the nomination proposals of Laura DiBella and Robert Harvey for the positions of president and commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), with mandates that will end on 30 June 2028 and 30 June 2029 respectively. The Presidency of the American federal agency, which has the task of regulating the U.S. international shipping system, was vacant since last June when Louis E. Sola left The assignment ( of 30 June 2025). Harvey succeeds Carl W. Bentzel who left FMC at the end of last year. Both Sola and Bentzel had been appointed by Trump.

Both Laura DiBella and Robert Harvey will arrive in Washington, where the Federal Maritime Commission is based, from Florida. DiBella he is advisor for institutional affairs of the firm Adams and Reese and in the past he has held, among others, management positions in the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Florida Harbor Pilots Association and the Port Authority of Fernandina. Harvey is the Director of Legal Affairs at the Enterprise Florida, Director of the Florida Opportunity Fund and director of the Florida Development Finance Corporation.