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Maritime provisions enacted in US defense legislation

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 13 2009

On Oct. 8, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010

Customs issues new vessel repair duty regulations

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 21 2009

On October 20, 2009, United States Customs and Border Protection modified its regulations administering the foreign vessel repair duty to incorporate additional exemptions for repairs by the vessel’s crew and repairs made in countries with which the United States has a free trade agreement

House of Representatives passes Coast Guard authorization bill again

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 27 2009

On October 23, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives once again passed the authorizing legislation for the U.S. Coast Guard with its accompanying 300 pages of diverse maritime legislative provisions (H.R. 3619

U.S. government international economic sanctions bite maritime industry again

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 2 2010

The worldwide maritime industry was reacquainted in April 2010 with U.S. government international economic sanctions when President Obama issued an order making it unlawful for U.S. persons to pay ransoms to designated Somali pirates

MARAD seeks project applications for new marine highway program

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 15 2010

The US Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced today, April 15, 2010, that it will accept applications for the designation of "marine highways" and related projects for preferential federal government funding

Guidance regarding the application of the new US Executive Order on Somalia to pirate ransom payments

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2010

Last week, the White House released Executive Order 13536 of April 12, 2010, “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Somalia,” which has significant potential impacts on the payment of ransom by U.S. persons in the event of a Somalia related piratical attack

UK court holds that vessel remains on-hire while held by pirates

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 15 2010

On June 11, 2010, the UK Commercial Court ruled that a vessel chartered under a New York Produce Exchange (1946) form charter party remained on-hire while detained by Somali pirates

Senate approves Coast Guard authorization bill setting stage for conference with the House of Representatives

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 11 2010

On May 7, 2010, the US Senate passed a House version of a Coast Guard authorization bill (HR 3619), setting the stage for enactment of the service's first reauthorization since 2006

U.S. district court upholds Coast Guard’s Matson foreign rebuild determinations

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 9 2009

On December 4, 2009, a federal district court in Virginia entered judgment in favor of the U.S. Coast Guard and Matson Navigation Company, Inc. in a long-running vessel foreign rebuild case

Additional funding provided for MARAD’s Small Shipyards Grant Program

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 18 2010

On January 13, 2010, the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced the availability of $14,700,000 in additional funding under the Small Shipyards Grant Program

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