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U.S. implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (“MLC 2006”) was adopted by the International Labor Organization (“ILO”) at the 94th Maritime Session of the

Key salvage issues for 2013 - and beyond

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

It is time to pause to look behind us, to see what has been accomplished in 2012, and over the horizon, for what needs to be accomplished in 2013. I

Coast Guard officially implements new MARPOL Annex V garbage regulations

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 15 2013

The U.S. Coast Guard published an Interim Rule on February 28, 2013 to implement the revised MARPOL Annex V garbage regulations. The amendments to

EPA proposes draft technical guidance for determining quantities of PCBS in vessels subject to Marad's foreign transfer requirements

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 8 2013

New Development The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is seeking comments on draft guidance intended to assist shipowners in

The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. No. 112-213, December 20, 2012) (the " Act") was signed into law by President Obama on

Just when you thought you fully understood MARPOL Annex V garbage regulations

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • November 14 2012

For years, the focus with regard to MARPOL Annex V has been the continued expansion of special areas and stricter enforcement

Congressional failure to enact maritime legislation and the fiscal cliff

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 24 2012

As the November election draws closer, the main questions on everyone’s lips in Washington, DCother than who will win the election itselfare whether Congress can enact any maritime legislation and are we about to fall off a “fiscal cliff”?

Update on North American Emission Control Area enforcement and fuel availability guidance

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 17 2012

Enforcement of the North American Emission Control Area ("ECA") begins August 1, 2012

Coast Guard issues final rule on ballast water management

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 24 2012

On March 23, 2012, the Coast Guard issued a long awaited Final Rule, Standards for Living Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters, amending the existing ballast water management (“BWM”) regulations and creating a standard for the allowable concentration of living organisms in ballast water discharged in U.S. waters consistent with the International Maritime Organization’s International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (“BWM Convention”

Maritime legislative forecast 2012

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 14 2012

The memory of the Deepwater Horizon incident that occurred on April 20, 2010 is fading away