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Shipping insurer settles with OFAC under Iranian, Cuban and Sudanese sanctions

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • Cuba, Iran, Sudan, USA
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  • May 15 2013

On May 9, 2013, the Office of Foreign Asset Control ("OFAC") announced a settlement with the American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and

Logistics companies update: Iran sanctions

  • Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • March 14 2013

On March 14, 2013, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury updated the Specially Designated Nationals

Customs reverses course on proposed change to Jones Act interpretation

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 18 2010

The "Jones Act," enacted in 1920 as section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, is the principal law governing wholly domestic shipping to and from American "ports" and "coastwise points," commonly known in the maritime industry as "cabotage" or "coastwise trade."

Coast Guard rejects industry petition to change Jones Act vessel rebuilding regulations

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 20 2012

U.S.-flag vessels eligible for the U.S. coastwise (Jones Act) trade cannot be "rebuilt" outside the United States without losing permanently their Jones Act eligibility. Existing Coast Guard regulations on what constitutes "rebuilt" date from 1996

Customs confirms that Jones Act covers de minimis movements

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2012

In a recently released ruling to the public, Customs and Border Protection confirmed that the Jones Act encompasses short movements of vessels which are

China and the United States convene 22nd session of JCCT

  • White & Case LLP
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  • China, USA
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  • January 10 2012

On November 20 21, 2011, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, US Secretary of Commerce John Bryson and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, co-chaired the 22nd session of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade meeting in Chengdu, China

On the list, off the menu: how 5 major ITAR shippers disappeared

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 14 2012

How did five of the most prominent freight forwarders shipping goods subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), suddenly become ineligible as carriers for ITAR exporters?

CTPAT: benefits for the transportation and logistics industries

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 28 2009

In response to the events of September 11, 2001, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) initiated a voluntary partnership program between the private sector and CBP to secure the supply chain for products entering commerce in the United States

CBP amends regulations on foreign repairs to American vessels

  • White & Case LLP
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  • USA
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  • December 4 2009

On October 15, 2009, CBP published a Final Rule amending its regulations to update provisions relating to the declaration, entry, and dutiable status of repair expenditures made abroad for certain vessels

The East Coast and Gulf International Longshoremen’s Association port strike: an update, and what you can expect

  • Husch Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2012

Barring resolution on disputed container royalty contract terms or intervention by President Obama, a strike by the International Longshoremen's

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