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Ports & Maritime News | October 21-27, 2024

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The Ports & Maritime team has compiled the sector’s main news for the week of October 21–27 to keep you in the loop.  ...more

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Port Strike - Where We Stand and What Is to Come

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The International Longshoremen’s Association (“ILA”) ended a three-day strike at certain East Coast and Gulf Ports until January 15, 2024. If a new contract is not finalized with the U.S. Maritime Alliance (“USMX”) then...more

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InterConnect Newsletter - Q3 2024

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We are now in the era of freedom of contract in the logistics arena. While contracts provide many protections to contracting parties, they can also be used offensively, to affirmatively protect legal rights. There are many...more

Troutman Pepper

In Rem Jurisdiction Matters: Fifth Circuit Clarifies Jurisdictional Requirements Over Attached Funds at Riyad Bank

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On October 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court’s vacatur of a maritime attachment order, providing a detailed analysis of the requirements for personal and in rem jurisdiction over...more

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FMC Final Rule on “Refusal to Deal or Negotiate”

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The Federal Maritime Commission ( FMC) issued its Final Rule on July 22, 2024, establishing its approach to determining what constitutes an unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate cargo space and vessel space accommodations...more

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Enhancing Compliance in the Maritime Shipping Industry

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Today, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") issued an OFAC Compliance Communiqué: Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Maritime Shipping Industry designed to aid maritime sector...more

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OFAC Publishes Updated Maritime Oil Industry Advisory

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On October 21, 2024, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued an Updated Price Cap Coalition Advisory for the Maritime Oil Industry and Related Sectors (“Updated Advisory”). OFAC...more

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Riparian Encroachment: New Jersey Appellate Court Addresses Adverse Possession Claim

Co-Author Jesse Long The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (“Court”) addressed in an October 4th opinion an issue arising out of an adverse possession action. See Cozy Cove Marina, Inc. vs. Nelson Properties...more

Locke Lord LLP

Price Cap Coalition Issues Advisory ‎Regarding Sanctions Evasion Techniques by the Shadow ‎Fleet

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On October 21, 2024, the Price Cap Coalition—comprising the G7, European Union, Australia, and New Zealand—released an updated advisory to address the rising risks of price cap evasion associated with the maritime oil trade,...more

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ANTAQ abre Consulta e Audiência Públicas sobre a regulamentação de registro de instalações de apoio ao transporte aquaviário

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A Agência Nacional de Transportes Aquaviários ("ANTAQ") publicou ontem a abertura de audiência pública para revisão da Resolução Normativa ANTAQ n. 13/2016 ("RN 13/2016"), que regulamenta o registro de instalações de apoio ao...more

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Crisis averted?: Despite deal on longshore strike, legal issues loom

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On October 4, 2024 millions of people breathed a collective sigh of relief when the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) reached a temporary agreement to delay the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

EPA to Cruise Ships, Cargo Ships, Barges, Tankers, Tugs and Tows: Take Notice

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As detailed through previous Holland & Knight alerts and blogs detailing the Notice of Proposed Rule Making and Consent Decree that postponed completion of the Vessel Incident Discharge (VID) final rule until fall 2024, the...more

Mayer Brown

The Dawn of Ad Hoc Arbitration in Mainland China: A Real Possibility?

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Mainland China has embarked on a process of aligning its arbitration practice more to international norms, notably through the introduction of ad hoc arbitration. This form of arbitration is widely recognised for its...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

“No Good Deed Goes Unpunished”: 11th Circuit Criticizes Government’s Failure to Exercise Prosecutorial Discretion 

The phrase “no good deed goes unpunished” represents the figurative irony that results when one seeking to help gets penalized instead. United States v. Moore, a recent decision from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals,...more

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Industrials Regulatory News and Trends - October 2024

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Welcome to Industrials Regulatory News and Trends. In this regular bulletin, DLA Piper lawyers provide concise updates on key developments in the industrials sector to help you navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and...more

Jones Day

Game Changer: Green Light for Offshore Wind in Spain

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After years of delay, Spain's new regulation paves the way for offshore wind energy....more

Goldberg Segalla

Plaintiffs’ Motion in Limine to Exclude Defendants’ Expert Denied

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Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - This case involves claims of asbestos exposure. Plaintiff Robert Stephen Sentilles initiated this action asserting negligence and strict...more

A&O Shearman

Ships in the night? Loss of bargain damages and repudiatory breach

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Questions about damages always seem to be far more difficult to answer than they ought to be. Here the court, overturning an arbitration tribunal on a point of law, found that a contractual right to terminate an agreement to...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Legal and Other Issues Being Resolved by Port Strike - Hot Topics in International Trade - October 2024

Parties to the Dispute- The union and management teams reached a settlement agreement that was announced on October 4, 2024 to end the port strike. The settlement does not resolve the issues, but extends the master...more

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Dockworkers, Carriers Agree to Temporary Deal to Reopen Ports

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Thursday, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) reached an agreement that extends the ILA labor agreement that ended September 30, 2024, and that allows dockworkers...more

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Impact of Port Strikes on U.S. Trade: What to Know in the Short Term

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For the first time in almost 50 years, nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) initiated strikes at ports across the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports on October 1, 2024....more

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Massive Port Strike Begins Across U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts – ILA Strike Becomes Most Disruptive Work Stoppage in Decades

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The International Longshoremen's Association (“ILA”) members' strike, which consists of tens of thousands of port workers across the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, began at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, October 1, 2024, as the union...more

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Potentially “Freezing the Clock” on D&D Amid ILA Strike

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As the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) strike commenced yesterday morning, our team received word from a source with knowledge of operations at the Port of New York and New Jersey (NYNJ) that, one by one, NYNJ...more

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Supply Chain Disruptions Ahead: Strike Could Impact Nearly Half of U.S. Ports

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As of October 1, the International Longshoremen’s Association has indicated that about 45,000 of its members are on strike, which would affect ports along the Gulf coast and east coast of the United States. This accounts for...more

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Briefcase 2024 Quarter 3: Key Real Estate Cases and Updates

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Case 1: The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd - The United Utilities sewerage network has around 100 ‘outfalls’ from which material emanating from sewers, sewage treatment works and pumping...more

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