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New Presidential Executive Order Targets Maritime Industry and Ocean Carriers

Cargo congestion has reached historic proportions during the COVID-19 pandemic as the demand for imports by U.S. consumers and businesses has skyrocketed combined with an increase in operational disruptions. The effect has...more

FMC Proposes Eliminating Requirement for Vessel Operators to Publish Essential Terms

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) voted in a closed session on Sept. 26, 2019, to eliminate the requirement for vessel operators to publish essential terms of their service contracts. The decision is a response to a...more

Open-Loop Scrubber Proponents, Led by CSA 2020, Continue to Dominate the News Narrative for the Time Being

For background information regarding open-loop scrubber environmental studies by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportaiton and Tourism (MLIT) and the classification society Det Norske Veritas Germanischer...more

FMC Issues Final Rule on Carrier and Marine Terminal Practices for Receiving, Handling Cargo

• The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has adopted an interpretive rule that tightens certain prohibitions under the 1984 Shipping Act. Specifically, the change tightens the Section 10(d)(a) prohibition against regulated...more

New California Law Exposes Maritime Sector to Liability for Drayage Carriers Who Owe Drivers Statute Could Hold Customers of...

• According to a California statute set to take effect in January 2019, ocean carriers, marine terminal operators (MTOs) and shippers engaging port drayage motor carriers (PDMCs) that default on obligations to pay employees...more

Coast Guard, DHS Mandate Cybersecurity Reporting, Move to Require Maritime Cybersecurity Programs - Trump Administration, Congress...

Cybersecurity risks to the nation's critical infrastructure (CI) – defined as 17 CI sectors, including the transportation and maritime sector – continue to grow exponentially. The U.S. government and Department of Homeland...more

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