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The budget outlook for maritime programs for FY2014

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2013

We are halfway through Fiscal Year 2013 ("FY2013") and some of the budget details and spending plans for federal maritime agencies are still

When Rule B attachment will not help

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2013

Since 2008, the shipping market (in particular, the bulker market) has been badly affected by a decreased demand for shipping, largely due to the

Is your oil spill response contractor classified by the USCG? Does it matter?

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2013

In response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Congress enacted the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ("OPA90"). OPA90 imposed various requirements to prevent

Are you prepared for the Phase II Vessel General Permit regime?

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2013

On April 12, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") published its formal Notice of Final Permit Issuance in the Federal Register

The Obama Administration releases its Ocean Policy Implementation Plan some highlights

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2013

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

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

Maritime Administration announces 2013 Small Shipyard Grant Program

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

On April 10, 2013, the Maritime Administration ("MARAD") issued a Notice of Small Shipyard Grant Program, which will provide for financial assistance

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