On December 1, 2022, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC or the Commission) released “Interim Procedures for Processing Charge Complaints” filed with the Commission under the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 22). In...more
On September 30, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2406 (AB 2406) into law in California. The bill, effective January 1, 2023, significantly limits the ability of marine container providers or terminal operators to...more
In the wake of Russia’s incursion into Ukraine, the United States has over the past several days imposed a series of unprecedented economic sanctions and export controls designed to prevent President Vladimir Putin from...more
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In a final rule issued last week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has amended and reissued the Somalia Sanctions Regulations, which can be found in 31 C.F.R. Part 551....more
On April 15, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14024 (the EO), imposing new sanctions on the Russian Federation in response to foreign election interference in the 2020 U.S. federal election and the SolarWinds...more
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On May 20, 2020, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation approved S. 2894, the Federal Maritime Commission National Shipper Advisory Committee Act of 2019. ...more
In an Alert published on April 10, we discussed temporary restrictions that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had placed on the export from the United States of certain personal protective equipment (PPE). ...more
With the global spread of the COVID-19 virus, inquiries by NGOs and others have been increasing with respect to the export of humanitarian goods and medical supplies to countries subject to U.S. economic sanctions to help...more
On March 31, 2020, in response to concerns stemming from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) initiated Fact Finding Investigation No. 29, which is aimed at developing improvements to the...more
On Friday, April 10, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is expected to publish a temporary final rule that would restrict the exportation of certain personal protective equipment (PPE) from the United States....more
A decision issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on April 20, 2016, affirms the ability of ocean carriers and their customers to extend and/or modify the possessory lien that carriers have on cargo under...more
Late yesterday, both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate passed S. 2444, the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014....more
On March 20, 2014, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) announced that by a vote of 4-1, it had decided to let the P3 Network Vessel Sharing Agreement, among CMA CGM S.A., A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S trading under the name of...more