Transportation Law, International Law & Trade

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

Business Across Borders - Licence to travel: how regulation is benefiting business abroad

by M. Tamara Box, Lindsay East, Daniel Kadar, Edward S. Miller, Cynthia O'Donoghue, Roger Parker, Anker Sorensen, Richard Swinburn, Philip Taylor | Reed Smith on 5/10/2013

Our Business Across Borders report series, written by The Economist Intelligence Unit, investigates the biggest issues facing global business. The first of five reports and video commentary, Licence to travel, examines...more

The English Court of Appeal confirms the effectiveness of Certificates of Acceptance in aircraft leasing transactions

by Adrian Beasley, Justin Benson, Jason Yardley | White & Case LLP on 5/1/2013

The Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Olympic Airlines SA (in special liquidation) v ACG Acquisition XX LLC [2013] EWCA Civ 369 gives welcome comfort to lessors that properly drafted Certificates of Acceptance will provide...more

Case note: Griffon Shipping LLC V Firodi Shipping Ltd. [2013] EWHC 593

by Philip Rymer, Charles Weller, Robert Wilkins, Michael Wood | Reed Smith on 4/11/2013

An important decision for the ship sale and purchase market has confirmed that buyers entering into a standard form Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) (on Norwegian Sale Form (NSF) 1993 terms and similar, e.g., the 2012 terms) do...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

Capital Thinking Update - April 8, 2013

by Mary Beth Bosco, Amy Davenport, Tanya DeRivi, Eugenia Edwards, Jared Fleisher, Mara Giorgio, Lindsey Weber Keljo, Norma Krayem, Karen Kudelko, Jessica Monahan, Stacy Swanson, Sarah Vilms, more +Dana Weeks, Pam Welsh | Patton Boggs LLP on 4/10/2013

General Legislative - Tomorrow, April 9, the House will meet at 2:00 pm for legislative business. Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules will include: (1) H.R. 254 – Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower...more

President Obama Proposes Plan To Encourage Private Investment in Infrastructure

by Kurt Anderson, Steve Park, Brian Walsh | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/5/2013

President Obama recently announced the Rebuild America Partnership plan (RAPP), a bipartisan effort focused on rebuilding the nation’s aging infrastructure and driving economic growth. Through RAPP, the President proposes to...more

Insight: Asset Finance - March 2013: High Hopes for Regulating International Aviation Emissions

by Adrian Beasley, Tallat Hussain | White & Case LLP on 3/27/2013

“Application of the [EU] emissions trading scheme to aviation infringes neither the principles of customary international law at issue nor the Open Skies Agreement”. This was the judgment of the European Court of...more

Alberta Court says Air Cargo Liability Limits can be Broken

by Artem N. Barsukov | Bennett Jones LLP on 3/14/2013

Cargo airlines operating in Alberta may soon find themselves training their front-line staff to ask more questions when dealing with individual consumers. Last month, the Provincial Court of Alberta released a decision in...more

Capital Thinking Update - March 11, 2013

by Amy Davenport, Tanya DeRivi, Eugenia Edwards, Jared Fleisher, Mara Giorgio, Jessica Monahan, Amy Budner Smith, Stacy Swanson, Joseph Urso, Sarah Vilms, Dana Weeks, Pam Welsh | Patton Boggs LLP on 3/13/2013

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture and Food - Budget, Appropriations and Sequestration - Cybersecurity - Defense - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services -...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

Transportation Finance Digest: Volume 1

by Mara Abols, Jenny Arvidsson, Michael Berens, Jessica Berenyi, William Bowers, Maria Cho, Melissa Jones-Prus, Mark Lessard, Charlotta Otterbeck, Paul Sass, Michael Schumaecker | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/28/2013

In This Issue: - Introduction - All Hat And No Chattel: Life After Cape Town - Q&A - The Future Of Eca Financing - Deal Of The Year - An Innovative Engine Re-Securitization - Pillsbury Case...more

New Law Expands Scope of Iran Sanctions In New Ways

by Scott Maberry, Matthew Riemer | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/15/2013

As the new year brings in a new term for the Obama Administration, the pace of Iran sanctions shows no sign of slowing. As we reported in October and November, Washington’s commitment to denying Iran the ability to advance...more

New Iran Sanctions Enacted

by Sammi Malek, Melvin Schwechter | BakerHostetler on 1/16/2013

Satellite Export Controls Now Eligible to be Returned to Commerce Department Jurisdiction - On January 3, 2013, President Obama signed into law Public Law No. 112-239, the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of...more

EU defines scope of expanded Iran sanctions, including new natural gas, metals and vessels/ tankers bans

by James R.M. Killick, Sara Nordin, Charlotte Van Haute, Fabienne Vermeeren | White & Case LLP on 1/14/2013

On 21 December 2012, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted the EU-wide legislation clarifying important details of the expanded sanctions measures already agreed by the Council in broad terms on 15 October 2012.1...more

Energy and Environment Update -- January 6, 2013

by David Leiter, Sarah Litke | Mintz Levin - Environmental Law on 1/8/2013

In This Issue: Energy and Climate Debate; Congress; Department of Energy; Department of Interior; Department of Transportation; Environmental Protection Agency; Federal Trade Commission; Nuclear Regulatory Commission;...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

Capital Thinking Update - December 10, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 12/14/2012

General Legislative On Tuesday, December 11, the House will meet at noon for morning hour and at 2:00 for legislative business. The House will consider a Motion to go to Conference on H.R. 4310 – National Defense...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

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