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Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 17 June 2013
June 17th, 2013 at 11:16 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: Mobile – barge explosion preliminary findings; Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal – safety zone enforcement; Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal – safety zone ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 14 June 2013
June 14th, 2013 at 11:23 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: NTSB – report on allision with bridge; MARAD & USCG – LNG DWP license application; MARAD – technical correction to regulations; ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 13 June 2013
June 13th, 2013 at 12:44 pm » Comments (0)
Headlines: Alaska - $75,000 for failure to report hazardous condition; USCG – LOA re BWMS evaluation; NTSB – abandoning ship; NOAA – ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 12 June 2013
June 12th, 2013 at 11:24 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: Chukchi Sea – taking of marine mammals; DOE – application to export LNG; DOE – authorization to import LNG; and MERPAC ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 10 June 2013
June 10th, 2013 at 12:05 pm » Comments (0)
Headlines: New Orleans area – proposed revisions to RNA; NOAA – North Pacific right whales; NOSAC – teleconference meeting; FERC – Jordan ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 5 June 2013
June 5th, 2013 at 11:14 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: USCG – proposal re BWM reporting; USCG & BSEE – MOA re MODU regulation; Valdez – container leak response continues; BOEM ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 4 June 2013
June 4th, 2013 at 10:32 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: DHS OIG – USCG marine accident investigation; Upper Mississippi River – traffic restriction due to high water; Columbia and Willamette Rivers – safety ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 3 June 2013
June 3rd, 2013 at 11:25 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: USCG – PSC guidance re IMSBC Code; Houston – tanker and barges collide; Valdez – oil leak and fire on cargo ship; ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 31 May 2013
May 31st, 2013 at 11:12 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: Gulf of Mexico – tanker and bulker collide; FMC – proposed amendment to OTI regulations; FMC – alert re Grandeur of the Seas; ...more »Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 30 May 2013
May 30th, 2013 at 11:25 am » Comments (0)
Headlines: BSEE – Ocean Energy Safety Institute; USCG – NAVSAC members sought; EU – Flag State Directive on MLC 2006; New Zealand ...more »
Rebuilding the presumption of preemption
In the May 2013 edition of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News, you can find my article entitled "Rebuilding the presumption of preemption". In the article, I discuss how federal control of maritime commerce prevailed over state control in the early days of the Republic. Over the years, that federal preemption has been eroded. It is time to rebuild the presumption in favor of federal preemption with respect to all matters related to maritime commerce. The industry should not be unregulated or even under-regulated, but it deserves to be uniformly regulated.