• Coast Guard (USCG): Great information, rules, regulations and documents on marine issues, including marine safety, environmental protection, and law enforcement. A very useful site.
  • USCG Navigation Center: Information about GPS, LORAN-C, DGPS and OMEGA.
  • USCG National Response Center: Useful information on reporting requirements and relevant laws by this federal point of contact for reporting oil and chemical spills.
  • National Pollution Funds Center: General information on the Center, including claims filing, Certificates of Financial Responsibility and links to related sites.
• Department of Commerce (DOC): Information on business, trade, and the economy with links to a number of related sites.
• Department of Justice (DOJ): Searchable site of the US government's own law firm, including topical index, news, information on the Freedom of Information Act and links to related sites.
• Department of State (DOS): Interesting site, including information on US foreign policy and state department services, including passports, visas, travel warnings, embassies and consulates, and "Background Notes" on the world's nations.
• Department of Transportation (DOT): Searchable site covering all DOT entities, including the Coast Guard, the Maritime Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration.
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Searchable site, including EPA regulations and relevant US statutes.
• Federal Maritime Commission (FMC): General information relating to the FMC, including publications, news releases, strategic plans and, most notably, recent decisions and rules.
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC): Information on consumer protection, business guidance, competition, the economy and news and publications. Also includes rules, guides and advisory opinions.
• Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS): INS forms, relevant laws, regulations and information on the various activities of the INS.
• Maritime Administration (MARAD): General news and information on MARAD and a good set of links relating to US-flag carriers, American shipyards, American ports, maritime education and maritime history.
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Great information relevant to the weather and the environment.
• National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB):Basic information about the NTSB and its activities, including some of its more prominent investigations and a list of publications regarding accident and investigation reports which can be ordered free of charge.
• National Weather Service: Data on the current weather (primarily US), forecasts, extensive climate data, including historical data, some for a fee.
  • Marine Information: Interactive and searchable site providing access to recent analysis and forecast data for weather and marine information and archival information, some for a fee. Click on "Real Time Buoy Observations" and "Interactive Marine Observations" to access detailed, current marine information collected by sea buoys around the world.
• Office of Administrative Law Judges, Longshore Collection : Information on the Longshore & Harbor Workers' Act.

 SHIPPING AND MARITIME RESOURCES:
Law

Text of Relevant Sections of the US Code and US Constitution:

• US Constitution, Article III, Admiralty jurisdiction
• Coast Guard: Title 14
• Navigation and Navigable Waters: Title 33
  • Longshore and Harborworkers Compensation Act (LHWCA): 33 U.S.C. Sec. 901-952
  • Clean Water Act: 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 - 1387.
  • Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972: 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1321
  • Prevention of Pollution from Ships Act: 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1901 - 1911.
  • Oil Pollution Act of 1990: 33 U.S.C. Sec. 2701-2764
• Protection of Environment: Title 40
• Shipping: Title 46
  • Limitation of Shipowners Liability Act: 46 U.S.C. Sec. 181-89
  • Harter Act: 46 U.S.C. Sec. 190-96
  • Jones Act: 46 U.S.C. Sec. 688
  • Admiralty Extension Act: 46 U.S.C. Sec. 740
  • Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA): 46 U.S.C. Sec. 761-68
  • Shipping Act: 46 U.S.C. Sec. 801-841c
  • Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA): 46 U.S.C. Sec. 1300-1315
  • Federal Maritime Lien Act: 46 U.S.C. Sec. 31341-343
  • Collision Regulations (COLREGS): 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1602

  Text of Shipping Conventions and Treaties:

  • United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (The Hamburg Rules) (Hamburg, 30 March 1978)
  • Hague-Visby Rules (The Hague Rules as amended by the Brussels Protocol 1968)
  • York-Antwerp Rules on the General Average

  Collections:

  • Natural Resources Law: Information on natural resources law, including supranational organizations, treaties and relevant statutes from a number of nations, including the United States.
  • Florida State University Admiralty and Maritime Law Library: Collection of maritime statutes, regulations, governmental agencies, international treaties and more.
  • Tulane Maritime Law Journal Links: Information on the Journal and a comprehensive list of useful maritime links.
  • AdmiraltyLaw.com : Useful links and information on maritime law from a Canadian perspective.
  • Institute of Maritime Law: Good site with hundreds of international maritime links, including a number regarding the United Kingdom.
  • University of Cape Town Marine & Shipping Law: Well-organized site with a great collection of links, many relating to the martime law of South Africa.
  • International Commercial Law: Interesting site with lots of original material on commercial law, including trade and maritime law, mostly from an Australian point of view.
  • Lloyd's of London Press Limited -- Maritime Law Brief: Contains original, topical articles regarding maritime law in the US, UK, South Africa and Greece, updated monthly. Nourse & Bowles, LLP is the sole author of the US portion of this interesting site.

 SHIPPING AND MARITIME RESOURCES:
General Directories and Resources

• Cargo Port Links: Information and links to over 130 ports throughout the world.
• Fairplay : One of the largest collections of maritime resources and links.
  • Company Database: Searchable database providing basic information on maritime-related companies.
  • Ports Database: Searchable database providing basic port information.
  • Ships Database: Searchable database providing basic ship information, such as vessel type, deadweight, year of build and operator.
• Hieros Gamos - Transportation Site: Well-organized site covering a very broad range of issues falling under the categories of space, aviation and admiralty law.
• International Maritime Organization (IMO): News, briefings, summaries of IMO conventions and full-text IMO papers on a variety of relevant topics, as well as many links relating to the maritime activities of member states.
• Maritime Historical Virtual Archives: Interesting maritime miscellanea, including images of historical ships and information on antiquarian bookshops, museums, shipmodels, masting and rigging, the duties of officers and crew and seamanship.
• Lloyd's Register: Searchable site includes information on classification, ship, offshore and land-based services, publications, products and news.
• NSnet: Very large collection of commercial and non-commercial maritime links.
• Seaports Infopages: Information and links to a number of sites regarding ports in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America.
• Women's International Shipping and Trading Association: Comprehensive descriptions of the history and current events of this 25-year old shipping organization which now has chapters in over 22 countries.
• Internet Maritime Links: Good set of maritime links.
• American Society of Naval Engineers: Information on ASNE, including links to naval engineering sites.
• The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers: Information on SNAME and links to annotated maritime sites, some available only to members.
• Lloyd's of London Press Limited: Wide-ranging site combines freely available and subscriber news and information relating to the maritime and shipping industry, including law, insurance, energy, casualties, commodities, ship schedules, employment opportunities and more.

 P & I CLUB SITES

• Aus Ship P & I Club
• London P & I Club
• North of England P & I Club
• Through Transport Club
• UK P & I Club
• Steamship Mutual

 CARRIER SITES

• Atlantic Container Lines (ACL)
• Alianca Lines
• APL Limited
• Australia-New Zealand Direct Line
• Canada Steamship Lines
• Cho Yang
• Columbus Line
• COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company)
• Crowley Maritime Corporation
• CSAV-Sud Americana de Vapores
• Eimskip - Icelandic Steamship Co. Ltd
• Evergreen
• Great Western Steamship
• Hanjin Shipping
• Hapag Lloyd
• Hyundai Merchant Marine Co.
• K Line America, Inc.
• Lykes Lines
• Maersk Line
• Matson Navigation Company
• Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line (NYK)
• Ocean Tug & Barge Engineering
• Orient Overseas Container Lines (OOCL)
• Royal Nedlloyd
• P & O Nedlloyd
• Senator Lines
• Sunmar Container Lines
• DFDS Tor Line
• Wilhelmsen Lines (USA)
• Yang Ming Lines
• Zim Israel Navigation Co.

 SHIPBUILDER AND STEVEDORE SITES

• American Shipyard, Newport, Rhode Island
• Atlantic Marine, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida
• Bender Shipbuilding & Repair, Mobile, Alabama
• Cascade General, Portland, Oregon
• H.W. Ramberg, Inc., Brooklyn, New York
• McDermott Shipbuilding, Morgan City, Louisiana & Veracruz, Mexico
• Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
• Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation, Norfolk, Virginia
• Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
• Testbank, Southampton, U.K.

 FEDERAL LAW AND RESOURCES

• US Constitution and Related Documents: Constitution in searchable form and scanned originals of key US documents. An award-winning site.
• United States Code: Entire USC searchable by keyword, citation, title and/or volume.
• Federal Register: Interesting site with searchable databases, including the most current Federal Register.
• Congressional Record in searchable database.
• Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE): FRE in a searchable database.
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP): FRCP in a searchable database.
• United States Judicial Branch Resources: Useful site with access to US statutes (including Popular Name Table), regulations, judicial opinions, court rules and law journals.
• Government Documents and Information Center: Many government documents, including administrative rules and regulations, census information, directories, patents and trademarks, statistics, technical reports and treaties.
• Government Printing Office (GPO): Searchable site with vast number of documents offered by the GPO.
• THOMAS -- Legislative Information on the Internet: Searchable database covering the entire US legislature, including the present Congress, bills, the congressional record, committee information and the legislative process.
• The Federal Web Locator: The primary directory to governmental and quasi-governmental web sites.
• US Federal Courts: Contains contact information and online collection of caselaw from the Supreme Court (1906-present), federal circuit courts (usually mid-1990s to present) and some state supreme and appeals courts.

 GENERAL INTERNATIONAL LAW AND RESOURCES

• Guide to the World: Searchable database relating to hundreds of nations.
• International Law Materials: Great database, including large treaty collections, law journals and materials relating to GATT, NATO, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the European Union, and the United Nations and more.
• International Trade Law Materials: Very useful site, including key US laws relating to international trade, international trade agreements, international organizations and links to related sites.
• International Trade Law Monitor: Wealth of searchable information on international trade including treaties, conventions, and a comprehensive subject table of contents.
• Library of Congress Guide to Nations: Well-organized database listing numerous links to sites regarding hundreds of nations.
• Government Information Services: Links to Government servers and information.
• European Union: The main site of the EU, available in 11 languages, contains news and information on EU institutions, policies and law.
• Harvard Law School Law Library - International Collection: Excellent annotated links to foreign laws, treaties, international organizations, human rights, immigration and other areas of international law.
• National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade: Latin American legal database includes links to related sites and trade reports (requires subsription).
• United Nations: The primarty site to the UN has lots of information and resources.

 ARBITRATION RESOURCES

• U.S. Code, Title 9: Federal Arbitration Act : Text of the Act.
• American Arbitration Association: General information on the AAA, including a directory, the rules and procedures under the AAA and more.
• Society of Maritime Arbitrators, Inc.: Basic information on the SMA, including rules and procedures of the SMA, members, ethics and the Federal Arbitration Act.

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