International Law & Trade, Transportation Law, Maritime Law

FMC Approves Proposed Rewrite of OTI Regulations

by Amanda C. Blunt, Ashley Craig, Elizabeth Lowe | Venable LLP on 5/16/2013

Today, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) voted 3-2 to move forward with reforming the Ocean Transportation Intermediaries (OTI) rules, regulating U.S.- and foreign-based non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCC)...more

Cuba Practice Update - April 11, 2013

by Matthew Aho, Pedro Freyre, Augusto Maxwell | Akerman Senterfitt on 4/11/2013

Cuba Details Rules for Special Economic Zone - The Cuban government last week released details of customs reforms for a long-planned free trade industrial manufacturing and maritime shipping facility in the Mariel...more

Federal Maritime Commission to Open Use of Liner Negotiated Rate Agreements to Foreign NVOCCs

by J. Michael Cavanaugh | Holland & Knight LLP on 3/1/2013

The United States Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking under which foreign unlicensed Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers (NVOCCs) will be allowed to register with the Commission and...more

New FMC Commissioner Could Lead to Continuing Reforms of U.S. International Ocean Transportation System

by Ashley Craig, David Dickman, Elizabeth Lowe | Venable LLP on 1/8/2013

On Tuesday, the United States Senate confirmed William P. Doyle, of Pennsylvania, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2013. Commissioner Doyle joins Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky, Jr., Michael...more

Florida Port Strike May Not Happen As Negotiations Continue Into 2013: News Release of the Week

by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 1/2/2013

Florida's economy needs its active and efficient ports and while on one hand, there's construction underway to make Port Miami big enough to deal with the increased traffic coming from the Panama Canal expansion, on the other...more

TRANSACTIONAL: Transaction: Allocation of Ship-Shore Liability: Use of Port Liability Agreements to Provide Protection and...

by King & Spalding on 12/11/2012

The use of port liability agreements to allocate ship-shore liability in a marine casualty event has been widely adopted by U.S. LNG import terminals. As many of these terminals transition to bi-directional operations, they...more

Coast Guard Issues New Citizenship "Mechanisms of Compliance"

by Thompson Coburn LLP on 11/30/2012

This morning, the Coast Guard issued a Notice in the Federal Register entitled “Mechanisms of Compliance With United States Citizenship Requirements for the Ownership of Vessels Eligible to Engage in Restricted Trades by...more

Dockworkers Union Threatening to Strike October 1

by Venable LLP on 9/19/2012

The dockworkers union along the East and Gulf Coasts is threatening to strike on October 1, should there be no agreement with transportation providers by the end of September. Such a work stoppage will adversely affect U.S....more

Port State Control Detention Over Two Hour Temporary Defect Upheld

by Nathan Cecil on 8/16/2012

In a decision handed down last week, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal upheld a PortState Control decision to detain a ship for a defect which was rectified within approximately two hours of the inspection. Whilst the...more

The Fortnightly Delightfully Brief, Pithy And Wholly Idiosyncratic Newsletter - July 15, 2012 - Volume 1, Edition 13

by John A. C. Cartner on 7/31/2012

In This Issue: The Turning Economy? Free Association; Where is the Wisdom? and Urgings. Excerpt from Free Association: Pithy - The moans about the Congress gutting various subsidy programs for US shipping...more

GUARDCON

by Reed Smith on 4/6/2012

All industry participants will be well aware of the difficulties caused by the recent flourishing of piracy in the western Indian Ocean and elsewhere. A whole vessel security industry continues to grow, particularly in Dubai,...more

SDNY Bankruptcy Court Tackles Jurisdiction of Federal Maritime Commission

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 3/6/2012

On February 10, 2012, Judge Sean Lane of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York denied the motion of 22 defendants in adversary proceedings filed by the Debtor, The Containership Company,...more

Hill Harmony case still defines a master’s authority

by John A. C. Cartner on 11/15/2011

Originally published in Tanker Shipping & Trade I October/November 2011. The law is explicit on who has the final say on a vessel’s route, writes John A C Cartner* A great deal of ink has been spilt by commentators...more

China Market Access Improves for Foreign Shipowners

by Richard Kimber on 10/27/2011

The Circular Strengthening the Administration of the Wholly Foreign-owned Shipping Companies Examination and Approval was issued by The Ministry of Transport(“MOT”) On August 22, 2011. The Circular relaxes the...more

Stimulus Package for Australian Shipping

by Nathan Cecil on 10/5/2011

In September 2011, the Federal Government announced a new and far-reaching policy package aimed at re-invigorating the Australian shipping industry. The policy, which might be described as the ‘stimulus package for...more

Shipping Newsletter - August 2011, Issue 28

by Reed Smith on 8/10/2011

In this issue: The Effect of Insolvency on a Charterparty; The Bribery Act 2010; Federal Maritime Commission Eases Rate Filing Requirements; Update: Sanctions Regimes; Case Study: Refusal of Orders to proceed to Yemen; Case...more

Shipping Group Monthly Bulletin - July 2011

by Reed Smith on 7/31/2011

In This Issue: BIMCO...3 BIMCO publishes Wreckhire 2010...3 CIVIL PROCEDURE...4 High Court grants relief from sanctions where the deadline for service of a witness statement was a bank holiday,...more

US security rule is a curse on seafarers

by John A. C. Cartner on 4/20/2011

The maritime hobgoblin rears its head again.Work in maritime America ismeted out to theworthy by the organs of state security. The Transportation Security Administration is the gatekeeper,with the detested...more

Trade Association Asks FMC to Reopen NRA Rulemaking

by Venable LLP on 4/19/2011

On April 12, 2011, counsel for the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (“NCBFAA” or “the Association”) submitted a letter to the Federal Maritime Commission (“FMC”) offering commentary and a request...more

Do Armed Guards Have a Licence to Kill?

by John A. C. Cartner on 3/9/2011

The question arises: “May a guard contracted to an owner kill a pirate?” The short but accurate answer is “of course”. The consequences of the act are not short — it may stop the parade for the killer and those around him....more

Reply to "Is it time for US to join UNCLOS?

by John A. C. Cartner on 1/31/2011

This is a comment in reply to Capt.1 Raul (“Pete”) Pedrozo’s article “Is It Time for the United States to Join the Law of the Sea Convention?” published in the Journal of Maritime Law and...more

Shipping Newsletter - December 2010, Issue 27

by Reed Smith on 12/17/2010

IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Can a Vessel be arrested for a Forward Freight Agreement claim in China? 2. Changes to Port State Controls 3. A Second Bite at the Litigation Cherry: “Collateral Attack” 4. The Maritime Labour...more

Have We Lost SIght of Equal Protection under the Law?

by John A. C. Cartner on 10/13/2010

The Prestige oil spill case is a shameful example of a shipmaster being criminalised in a way that would not be inflicted on a shoreside person caught up in the same circumstances.act. Hence, criminalisation is a phenomenon...more

La navegabilidad del buque en el régimen jurídico de la seguridad marítima

by Max Navas on 9/27/2010

Presentación de la exposición y defensa del trabajo de Suficiencia Investigadora en Derecho de los transportes y de la navegación, realizada ante el Tribunal de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de...more

Piracy Charge Did Not Fit the Facts

by John A. C. Cartner on 9/6/2010

The dismissal of piracy charges against six Somalis has sparked outrage in some circles,but the judge was simply following the law....more

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