Electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or, colloquially, drones) are increasingly being integrated into supply chains. ...more
6/13/2025
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Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Liability ,
Drones ,
Montreal Convention ,
Risk Management ,
Shipping ,
Shipping Cargo ,
Supply Chain ,
Transportation Industry ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
We are now in the era of freedom of contract in the logistics arena. While contracts provide many protections to contracting parties, they can also be used offensively, to affirmatively protect legal rights. There are many...more
11/4/2024
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Audits ,
Brokers ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Maritime Commission ,
Logistics ,
National Security ,
Shipping ,
Shipping Cargo ,
Small Business ,
Supply Chain ,
Transportation Industry
The Federal Maritime Commission ( FMC) issued its Final Rule on July 22, 2024, establishing its approach to determining what constitutes an unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate cargo space and vessel space accommodations...more
10/31/2024
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Federal Maritime Commission ,
Final Rules ,
Good Faith ,
Maritime Transport ,
Market Participants ,
Negotiations ,
Shipping ,
Shipping Cargo ,
Trade Relations ,
Transportation Industry ,
Vessels
The Federal Maritime Commission (the “FMC”) issued its Final Rule on July 22, 2024, establishing its approach to determining what constitutes an unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate cargo space and vessel space...more
Over one million shipments of hazardous materials reportedly travel in U.S. commerce every single day.
A common misunderstanding is the nature of hazardous materials—they are more commonplace than you think!...more
7/15/2024
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Compliance ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Maritime Transport ,
PHMSA ,
Railways ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Shipping ,
Surface Transportation ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trucking Industry ,
Vessels
Courts have clearly established that a shipper cannot prevail in a freight claim against a carrier if an “Act of God” caused the freight loss or damage. The Act of God defense is an original, and one of the most...more
Many shippers and service providers are looking toward the upcoming ocean carrier bid season while still reeling from the effects of the global pandemic. It is not uncommon to identify colorable claims against any number of...more
A number of developments in international ocean shipping have emerged following the enactment of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) last year. The U.S. Congress sought to arm the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)...more
Beneficial cargo owners have faced well-reported challenges in recent bid seasons. Two plus years of global pandemic unleashed supply and capacity interruption, carrier lane divergence, and an explosion in rates as well as...more
6/16/2022
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Drug & Alcohol Abuse ,
Insurance Claims ,
Manufacturers ,
NHTSA ,
Section 301 ,
Shipping ,
Shipping Cargo ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Transportation Industry ,
USTR
Beneficial cargo owners have faced well-reported challenges in recent bid seasons. Two plus years of global pandemic unleashed supply and capacity interruption, carrier lane divergence, and an explosion in rates as well as...more
The Biden Administration’s Executive Order 14017 titled “America’s Supply Chains” seeks to address supply chain disruption by strengthening domestic production in a multi-agency effort. As part of that effort, the Census...more
Private Carriage Stand-Up: Where to Begin When In-Sourcing Transportation -
An emerging trend in this era of supply chain disruption is the interest of large enterprise shippers, often in the consumer retail space, to...more
2/9/2022
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Due Diligence ,
Exporters ,
Exports ,
Mexico ,
NLRB ,
Outsourcing ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Shipping ,
Supply Chain ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)