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Panama Canal Port Workers Threatened with Prosecution After Contract Anulments

Feb 24, 2026

Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said on Tuesday Panama authorities had threatened its employees with criminal prosecution if they refused to leave two strategic canal ports at the centre of a legal battle that has embroiled Beijing and Washington…

CK Hutchison Concessions Annulled for Two Ports Along the Panama Canal

Feb 23, 2026

Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said on Tuesday Panama authorities had threatened its employees with criminal prosecution if they defied orders to leave two strategic canal ports at the centre of a legal battle that has embroiled Beijing and Washington…

CK Hutchison Launches Arbitration over Panama Canal Ports Contract Ruling

Feb 04, 2026

Hong Kong's CK Hutchison said on Wednesday its Panama Ports Company unit has started international arbitration proceedings against Panama after the country's top court annulled its licences to operate two Panama Canal ports, in a case that could take years to resolve…

Bipartisan Legislation Reintroduced to Protect Ports and Fund Inspections Facilities

Jul 15, 2025

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) commends U.S. Representatives Laurel Lee (R-FL) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) on the reintroduction of the CBP Securing Ports and America’s Commerce and Economy (SPACE) Act, legislation…

Federal Maritime Commission Publishes Update of its Official Case Law Reporter

Jul 14, 2025

The latest volume of Decisions of the Federal Maritime Commission, Second Series has been published on the FMC website: Decisions of the Federal Maritime Commission, Second Series (Volume 8).This publication provides a compendium of Initial…

Maersk Files Lawsuit Over Brazil Port Bid

Jun 25, 2025

Global shipping groups are looking to Brazil's courts to overturn competition rules that bar them from participating in the first round of bidding on a major new container terminal at Latin America's largest port, due to take place later this year…

Box Shipping Rates may fall as US Port Strikes Averted

Jan 09, 2025

Strikes at ports on the US East Coast and Gulf Coast, which would have caused an economic and supply chain crisis, have been called off – with ocean container freight rate growth now expected to slow or fall.The strikes were set to begin on…

PDVSA 2024 Oil Exports Climb in Choppy Year

Jan 03, 2025

Venezuela's oil exports rose 10.5% last year despite political instability and changes to the U.S. sanctions regime on the country, as partners of state oil company PDVSA took more cargoes under licenses granted by Washington.As President Nicolas…

House Oversight Committee Releases Memo on USCG Misconduct Probe

Dec 13, 2024

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability has released an interim staff memorandum providing an update on the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the United States Coast Guard (USCG) following allegations of pervasive sexual assault and misconduct…

Trump Signals Support for ILA Dockworkers

Dec 13, 2024

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to back the anti-automation stance of some 45,000 union dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts, whose labor talks are at an impasse over that polarizing issue.The ILA and the United…

Venture Global gets FERC Nod for LA LNG Plant

Nov 07, 2024

Federal regulators on Wednesday gave Venture Global LNG permission to introduce natural gas into its Plaquemines export plant in Louisiana, documents show, moving the plant a step closer to producing the superchilled gas.The 20 million metric…

Panama to Cancel Flags on US-sanctioned LNG ships

Nov 06, 2024

Panama's Maritime Authority said on Wednesday it has begun a process to cancel flags on four LNG vessels sanctioned by the United States over their links with Russian gas producer Novatek.The vessels North Air, North Mountain, North Way and North Sky…

Structural Safeguards in Coast Guard Suspension and Revocation Proceedings

Dec 07, 2023

This article examines 10 structural safeguards in Coast Guard Suspension and Revocation (S&R) Proceedings that ensure Coast Guard Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) decisional independence.  These safeguards separate potential agency influences…

Legal Beat: Rule B Alter-Ego Vessel Seizures

Aug 24, 2021

Plaintiffs seeking to recover from ship managers or the vessels they operate but lacking a direct claim against a particular vessel have developed a clever strategy under U.S. maritime law.  They seize a managed vessel under Supplemental Admiralty…

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