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Court upholds Coast Guard's broad authority over foreign tank vessels in US waters

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 1 2013

On March 27, 2013, in Wilmina Shipping AS v. U.S. Dept' of Homeland Security, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld the Coast

Coast Guard proposes new annual vessel documentation fee

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 4 2013

On March 4, 2013, the Coast Guard plans to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to implement a $26 Renewal Fee for the annual renewal of

U.S. Ninth Circuit orders Sea Shepherd to avast

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 27 2013

Declaring that you don't need a peg leg or an eye patch to be a pirate, in a decision issued February 25, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth

New Federal Maritime Commission practice rules

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 10 2012

The Federal Maritime Commission amended its Rules of Practice and Procedure (FMC Rules) on October 10, 2012, effective November 12, 2012

Greek shipping company sentenced to $2 million fine for MARPOL violations and cover-up

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

On March 27, 2012, the U.S. District Court in New Orleans sentenced Ilios Shipping Company S.A. to a monetary penalty of $2 million in accordance with a plea agreement, for failing to maintain an oil record book, obstruction of justice, and submitting false documents to the Coast Guard

New York court awards loss of use damages to dredge for repair period

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 21 2012

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company was recently awarded loss of use damages from a 2008 allision, in which the dredge NEW YORK was hit by an outbound orange juice tanker

In grammar-based decision, UK court holds vessel off-hire while held by pirates

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 16 2012

The use of a comma and the word "or" was significant, according to the UK High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court, when it concluded that the owner, not the charterer, must bear the costs and lost time when the bulk carrier CAPTAIN STEFANOS was captured by Somali Pirates

Court rejects suit to compel the USGC to negotiate vessel clearance bond

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 21 2012

On February 17, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama rejected an "Emergency Request and Petition" to obtain judicial resolution of a stalemated negotiation between the owners of the vessel BOTTIGLIERI CHALLENGER and the U.S. Coast Guard over the nature of bond to secure the clearance of the vessel to depart the port of Mobile

Coast Guard requests comments on appropriate standards for Outer Continental Shelf "floatels"

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 10 2012

The Coast Guard has requested comments on the appropriate standards for the design, construction, and operation of vessels used to provide accommodations for workers on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf

EPA releases draft vessel general permit

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 1 2011

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has just released the 2013 Draft Vessel General Permit, which will replace the current 2008 Vessel General Permit, effective December 19, 2013