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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will conduct a public Board hearing later this month as it continues its efforts to expand the state's existing Ocean-Going Vessels...

Following up on our alert of July 13, 2011, entitled "Coast Guard to Issue Notice Regarding Coastwise Citizenship for Public Companies," the Coast Guard will publish a Notice in the November 3, 2011, Federal Register seeking comments and information on the methods used by publicly-traded companies to determine compliance with the citizenship laws for vessels operating in the coastwise and fisheries trades.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has announced it will undertake a review of ocean carrier charges for access to common carrier tariffs.

Maryland AG Anthony Brown sued Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., the owners and operators of the container ship M/V DALI, alleging that their reckless and grossly negligent conduct caused...

On March 26, 2024, the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed. Spanning the Port of Baltimore, the Bridge was one of the busiest in the United States, handling more than 444,000 passengers...

On April 16, 2013, Nancy Sutley, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, and John Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chairs of the President's National Ocean Council, released the Administration's action plan for implementing the National Ocean Policy established under E.O. 13547

Today the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) further eased sanctions against Cuba with a host of new amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

On December 4, 2023, in Marquette Transportation Co. Gulf-Inland, LLC v. Navigation Maritime Bulgare JSC, et al., the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that state law ...

On December 29, 2023, the USCG issued Maritime Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB) 13-2023, Change 1, an updated version of MSIB 13-23...

The EU's Mediterranean naval taskforce IRINI has intensified its enforcement activities against sanctioned vessels, conducting multiple flag verification boardings of oil tankers operating in contested regulatory waters. Recent operations have focused on vessels with uncertain flag status and previous sanctions designations, raising questions about the effectiveness of current maritime compliance mechanisms.

WilmerHale’s Duncan Speller and Eleanor Hughes consider whether the Recast Brussels I Regulation, which seeks to give greater clarity to the European Court of Justice’s much-criticised West Tankers decision, represents steady progress or a missed opportunity.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will conduct a public Board hearing later this month as it continues its efforts to expand the state's existing Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth Regulation...

Following the recent amendments to the Marshall Islands Maritime Act permitting the electronic recordation of preferred mortgages and lease finance charters...

On June 9, Winston & Strawn's Maritime Practice Chair Charlie Papavizas will speak on IPFA's webinar titled "U.S. Offshore Wind: A Commercial Policy and Regulatory Update."

The Trump administration has released a comprehensive 165-page legislative proposal aimed at revitalizing America's maritime industry through new funding mechanisms, tax incentives, and cargo-preference requirements.

Surcharge-driven pricing and geopolitical disruption are intensifying supply side freight inflation, with tightening capacity in trucking and air and carrier-controlled ocean rates pushing costs higher despite still-muted demand. This analysis examines the widest supply-demand imbalances in recent history, marking a renewed phase of supply-driven inflation across global logistics networks.

The U.S. seized one of North Korea's largest bulk carrier vessels for allegedly shipping illicit coal and heavy machinery in violation of U.S. and UN sanctions.