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Shipping company sentenced to $750,000 criminal penalty for MARPOL violations

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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November 3 2011

On November 2, 2011 in a same-day proceeding at the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, a Cyprus-based shipping company was charged and pled guilty to failing to maintain an oil record book and to making false statements in connection with the oil record book

Coast Guard considering elimination of AB-MOU rating

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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September 30 2011

On September 29, 2011, the Coast Guard issued a Federal Register notice that it is considering discontinuing the issuance of merchant mariner credentials endorsed as "Able Seaman Mobile Offshore Units."

House Committee on Foreign Affairs proposes public identification of pirate-vulnerable ship owners

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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September 26 2011

The Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2012, as reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in House Report 112-223 dated September 23, 2011, included a newly-added Section 1109 entitled “Curtailing the Frequency of International Maritime Piracy.”

Coast Guard announces public hearing on exhaust gas cleaning systems

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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September 19 2011

The Coast Guard will hold a two-day public hearing, October 12 and 13, 2011, to discuss guidelines and wastewater discharge criteria for exhaust gas cleaning systems for marine engines to be used as an alternative to the low-sulfur fuel requirements of Annex VI of MARPOL (Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships

U.S. Coast Guard issues its final action on the Deepwater Horizon joint investigation

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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September 15 2011

On September 14, 2011, the Coast Guard published its Final Agency Action on the Report of the Joint Department of the Interior and Department of Homeland Security Investigation, addressing the recommendations of the Joint Investigation Team and noting the Coast Guard’s intentions with regard to regulatory, enforcement, and administrative actions

German ship management company sentenced to $800,000 fine and "advanced training and verification program" for bringing false oil record book to Puerto Rico

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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September 12 2011

On September 8, 2011, Uniteam Marine Shipping GmbH was sentenced to pay a monetary penalty of $800,000 and serve a three-year probation period, after pleading guilty in federal court to maintaining a false oil record book and making false statements to Coast Guard officials on board the container vessel CCNI Vado Ligure

House Committee reports proposed maritime legislation

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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September 9 2011

On September 8, 2011, the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure reported favorably to the House for its consideration the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2011 and the Piracy Suppression Act of 2011

U.S. Coast Guard notice of proposed rulemaking on towing vessel inspection to be published August 11

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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August 10 2011

After seven years of studies, research, and discussion, the Coast Guard has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the inspection of towing vessels, as originally mandated by the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004

Federal court calls for clear showing of intent in maritime arbitration clauses

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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July 29 2011

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made several key rulings about determining the scope of a maritime arbitration agreement in its decision in the case of Cape Flattery Ltd. v. Titan Maritime, LLC issued on July 26, 2011

Federal court knocks down challenge to EPA's nationwide discharge permit

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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July 25 2011

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exempted incidental vessel discharges in U.S. waters for more than 30 years under the Clean Water Act until 2009

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