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Le 17 juin 2025, le gouvernement fédéral canadien a annoncé l’imposition du « plus vaste ensemble » de sanctions liées aux navires et au commerce contre la Russie depuis l’invasion à grande échelle de l’Ukraine par la Russie...more
Newly proposed tariffs and restrictions on China’s maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding practices were issued on April 17, 2025. The United States Trade Representative’s (“USTR”) Section 301 investigation found China holds...more
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
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
The United States is no longer the global power in shipbuilding that it once was, but under the Trump Administration, this may change, and for the better, at least perhaps as far as U.S. shipbuilding is concerned....more
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
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) made a determination on Jan. 20, 2025, that China's targeting of the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors for dominance is unreasonable and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce and...more
The United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) has proposed Section 301 actions that seek to counteract practices in the Chinese shipbuilding industry that the USTR believes burden or restrict U.S. commerce. Under Section...more
Last Friday, the U.S. Trade Representative (the “USTR”) unveiled a proposal to impose heavy port fees on Chinese shipping operators and operators of Chinese-built vessels. The USTR announced this proposal pursuant to its...more
This advisory alert is part of an ongoing series from Venable regarding noteworthy developments in trade laws expected in 2025....more
On February 5, 2023, the G7 announced that the “price cap” on western-backed seaborne trades of Russian-origin petroleum products to third countries would be set at $45 per barrel ($45/bbl) for Discount to Crude petroleum...more
The Maritime Port Authority (MPA in Singapore) is currently in the process of building the Tuas Port, which will be the biggest port in the world with a capacity of 60 million TEU’s (twenty-foot equivalent units) once it is...more
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
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
C5's Virtual 14th Berlin Forum on Global Economic Sanctions is next week. Navigating the rapidly changing sanctions landscape and staying compliant is hard. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear from the most experienced...more
Much of the world’s focus is on the COVID-19 pandemic, and rightfully so, but sanctions regulators also have their gazes fixed on another issue: the maritime industry. On May 14 2020, we saw the U.S. Departments of State and...more
The Situation: Currently, around 90% of world trade is by sea. International shipping accounts for between 2% and 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, but like aviation, the sector's emissions are not covered by the 2015...more
- On May 14, 2020, OFAC, the Department of State and the U.S. Coast Guard jointly released guidance for persons involved in the maritime industry regarding common deceptive shipping practices used to subvert U.S. and United...more
Cabotage laws prohibit foreign-owned or crewed vessels from transporting merchandise between two points in the host country. They date to a time when a nation’s merchant marine and navy were a unified military asset, and they...more
New Sulfur Caps for Shipping Fuels Will Help Make the Shale Boom Even Bigger "Now the shale revolution will help shippers across the world comply with the International Maritime Organization's 2020 standards, called "IMO...more
Africa has an opportunity to lead on environmental and social global best practices - Some of the most important global sea lanes pass the continent of Africa. Major routes navigate the Cape of Good Hope between the Atlantic...more
• On March 5, 2018, the Federal Maritime Commission directed Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye to initiate a fact finding investigation (Fact Finding 28) into demurrage and detention practices at U.S. ports. • Commissioner Dye...more
Note from the Vice Chair - Happy fall! As the seasons change, so do the issues confronting the maritime industry...or not. Over the past few years, several topics have consistently remained in the headlines and as a thorn...more
Durante el mes de diciembre destacan los siguientes temas: Prácticas Desleales, Competencia Económica, Acceso, Comercio, Aduanero, Propiedad Intelectual, Inversión, Solución de Diferencias, Arbitraje....more
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