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Links To Free Copies Of Documents Filed In The Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases Of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., Et Al. (U.S....

Our newest website – www.courtreads.com – offers completely free access to over 150,000 documents filed in hundreds of the largest current corporate bankruptcy cases, including cases under chapter 9, chapter 11, and chapter...more

SDNY Bankruptcy Court Tackles Jurisdiction of Federal Maritime Commission

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

Shipping Newsletter - August 2011, Issue 28

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 Industry Problems

Most maritime shipping companies were operating profitably through the summer of 2008 until the "perfect storm" of the credit crisis and the worldwide recession struck, leading to the collapse of both the commodity and...more