United States: Marine/ Shipping

On the tide swell of current national policy efforts around advancing US maritime commercial interests (including the SHIPS for America Act and the Trump Administration's...

The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) on July 22, 2025, published a standard clause for time charter parties to address contractual uncertainties arising from the U.S.

Brett Richards, special counsel in the firm's Government Relations Practice Group in the Washington, DC office, authored the article...

On April 17, 2025, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) issued its Final Notice of action under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Section 301)...

On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act).

Since 2012, AlixPartners has surveyed e-commerce shoppers alongside executives in the transportation, consumer products and retail sectors to identify e-commerce trends...

Newly proposed tariffs and restrictions on China's maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding practices were issued on April 17, 2025.

On April 30, Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and Todd Young, R-Ind., and Reps. Trent Kelly, R-Miss., and John Garamendi, D-Calif., reintroduced the Shipbuilding and Harbor Infrastructure for Prosperity and Security (SHIPS) for America Act (the Act).

Last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued updated guidance to help the global shipping and maritime industry detect and mitigate risks associated with sanctions evasion practices related to the shipment of Iranian-origin petroleum, petroleum products, and petrochemical products.