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Maritime News
Trump Administration Moves to Revive Prize Courts for Vessel Seizures
The Trump administration is moving to reestablish a 19th-century maritime institution that has fallen into disuse: the prize court, a…
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US Court Rejects Challenge to Trump’s Offshore Drilling Expansion
An Alaska federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit by environmental groups challenging President Donald Trump’s move to allow…
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Legal Battle for Germany to Sell Oil from Detained Shadow Tanker Drags On
The legal battle over the potential seizure and sale of the crude oil cargo aboard a shadow fleet tanker detained…
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Top Court Ends Shell’s South African Wild Coast Offshore Lease
Last Friday, oil major Shell lost a long-running court battle over its offshore oil and gas exploration plans for a…
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Marine World
Court Dismisses Challenge to Delfin LNG Deepwater Port License
Environmental groups lacked standing to sue, clearing another legal hurdle for America’s first offshore LNG export project A federal appeals…
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Marine World
Appeals Court Upholds FMC’s Authority to Strike Down Unreasonable Container Detention Fees
A federal appeals court has upheld a landmark Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) decision finding that ocean carriers cannot impose detention…
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Delfin LNG Clears Legal Hurdle as Court Dismisses Environmental Claims
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit yesterday denied a petition for review in a legal challenge to…
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Court Gives Peru Oversight of Chinese-Built Port in Geopolitical Battle
Against the backdrop of the geopolitical rivalry between China and the United States, a court in Peru reversed a previous…
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U.S. Opposes Sale of Artifacts Recovered from the Titanic
The U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia, which continues to oversee the management of the wreck of…
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Nord Stream 2 Challenges EU’s Russian Gas Phase-Out in Court
The owner of the Gazprom-controlled Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is suing the European Union in the bloc’s second-highest court,…
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