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Charting a New Course: The SHIPS Act of 2025 (Reintroduced)

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On April 30, 2025, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Todd Young (R-IN) — joined by a bipartisan group of Senate and House sponsors — reintroduced the Shipbuilding and Harbor Infrastructure for Prosperity and Security (SHIPS) for...more

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President Signs Executive Order to Revitalize US Maritime Industry

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On April 9, the President signed an executive order titled “Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance” (the Order), a comprehensive initiative aimed at reversing decades of decline in the U.S. maritime industry. Citing national...more

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China Maritime Section 301 Investigation - Public Comments Due Next Week

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Domestic U.S. shipping interests are closely monitoring a United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) proposal for import and export trades involving Chinese vessels. The proposal’s extraordinary service fees and restrictions...more

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Emerging Trends for Ocean Service Contract Bid Season

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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

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United States Bans Russian-Affiliated Vessels From U.S. Ports

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President Biden issued a Proclamation on 21 April 2022 to “prohibit Russian-affiliated vessels from entering into United States ports.” As discussed in this alert, this action significantly builds upon U.S. sanctions against...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

New LA-LB Port Fees Counterintuitive

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Less than two weeks after President Biden officially announced his agreement with the Port of Los Angeles to begin operating 24/7, the ports of LA and Long Beach have decided to implement a new fee for containers sitting at...more

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COVID-19 And Supply Chain Implications For Ocean Shipping

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As recently as March 3, American Shipper headlines, citing CargoMetrics, screamed “China cargo flows rapidly return to pre-coronavirus levels” and referenced “just released updated indices showing that both import and export...more

Hogan Lovells

Impact of the Coronavirus outbreak on International Trade Involving China

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With the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV, the "Coronavirus") spreads globally at alarming speed some countries have responded to the crisis by taking measures such as restricting or denying importation from China and requiring...more

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U.S. Customs Aims to Increase Enforcement of the Jones Act

In what could foretell a significant increase in the enforcement of the coastwise trade provisions of the Jones Act, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Customs) announced on July 18 the creation of the National Jones Act...more

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Uncertainty Follows Coast Guard Comments on SOLAS Container Weight Regulation

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Some confusion and uncertainty has arisen in the international ocean shipping and logistics industry following several public statements and FAQs released by the U.S. Coast Guard in the past few days regarding the impending...more

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