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Shipping and Energy Newsletter - Summer 2025

Haynes Boone on 8/7/2025

In this edition, we explore some of the strategic questions shaping conversations in the energy sector today and provide you with tools and information that will be helpful when entering into contracts....more

[Webinar] 180 Days of the Trump Administration—Quick Hits on Executive Orders, Actions, and Policies - July 17th - August 13th,...

Blank Rome LLP on 7/3/2025

Blank Rome presents a new summer webinar series where our interdisciplinary team will unpack the most pressing legal, regulatory, and policy developments from the Trump Administration’s first 180 days. Each session offers...more

IMO’s Net-Zero Framework and the Global Carbon Price on Shipping

King & Spalding on 5/23/2025

A Major Milestone in Decarbonizing the Maritime Sector and a New Source of Demand for Green and Low-Carbon Hydrogen Derivatives and Biofuels - On April 11, 2025, the International Maritime Organization’s (“IMO”) 83rd session...more

Executive Order “Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance”: Revitalizing the U.S. Shipbuilding and Maritime Industry

King & Spalding on 4/30/2025

On April 9, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (the “EO”) entitled Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance. The EO directs the creation of a comprehensive Maritime Action Plan aimed at revitalizing U.S. maritime...more

USTR Proposes Actions Pursuant to Section 301 Investigation Against Chinese-Built Ships

Vedder Price on 4/16/2025

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

Maritime Outlook: 5 U.S. Maritime Issues to Watch in 2024

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/12/2024

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. – William Arthur Ward The U.S. maritime industry is much like a great ship: It is subject to unforeseen forces, and it...more

Carbon Taxes in the Shipping Industry—Assessing Japan’s Proposal

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 6/21/2022

There are growing calls for a carbon tax on shipping emissions. Jim Loftis, Ciara Ros and Tatiana Freeman of Vinson & Elkins look at the recent proposal from Japan for a global carbon tax, assess it in the context of the...more

Another Blockchain Supply Chain Shipping Consortium Files for Federal Antitrust Exemption

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law on 6/4/2020

In late May, the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), a consortium of ocean carriers and terminal operators, filed a petition with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to obtain an antitrust exemption under the U.S....more

Africa Focus: Spring 2019 - Sustainability in Africa's maritime industry

White & Case LLP on 3/22/2019

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

Global Cybersecurity Threats to the Maritime Sector

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/10/2017

Cybersecurity risks to the nation's critical infrastructure (CI) – defined as 16 CI sectors, including transportation and maritime – continue to grow exponentially. The incoming Trump Administration has made it clear that...more

The World in US Courts: Orrick's Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law to Global Business and Cross-Border Activities

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 11/25/2016

Alien Tort Statute (ATS)/Torture Victims Protection Act (TVPA)/Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) - District Court Dismisses ATS Claim Where Alleged Conduct in US Was Not Directly Linked to Injuries Claimed in Other Countries - ...more

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