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Maritime Liens
15 published works
Federal Construction Contracting Blog
Navigating the Waters Beyond Construction Law: Unveiling the Ties Between Construction and Maritime Liens
Construction law is a complex field that intersects with various other industries and legal fields, one being the maritime industry. In nearly twenty years of practicing construction law, I have…
Cruise Law News
Crystal Cruises Avoids Port of Miami to Evade Seizure Order
By Jim Walker
Federal Court Orders Seizure of Crystal Symphony Last week, a federal district court (Judge Darrin P. Gayles) in Miami issued an arrest warrant for the Crystal Symphony because the luxury…
Safe Passage
Maritime Law Primer: Maritime Liens and Arrests under U.S. Law
Alexandra Clark and Emma C. Jones MARITIME LIENS What is a maritime lien? A maritime lien is a non-possessory right in a vessel that gives the lienholder a right to…
Ship Law Log
Recent Trends in U.S. Vessel Arrest Cases
By Jane Sarma, Alice Colarossi
As the global economic recession grows, so does the number of vessel arrests by maritime creditors. We highlight below four trends observed in the vessel arrest cases that are multiplying…
Offshore Winds
Explicit Designation of Vessels Key for Suppliers Navigating CIMLA
By Diana J. Masters, Chelsea C. Crews
LIENING IN: Best Practices for Suppliers Navigating CIMLA - Part 2 This post is the second installment in a series examining the elements suppliers of maritime goods or services must…
Offshore Winds
Physical Supplier of Bunkers Lacks Standing to Challenge Validity of Assignment of Maritime Lien to ING Bank
In NuStar Energy Services, Inc. v. M/V COSCO AUCKLAND, No. 17-20246 (5th Cir. Jan. 14, 2019), the U.S. Fifth Circuit concluded NuStar, the physical supplier of bunkers/marine fuel to the…
Offshore Winds
What Qualifies as Necessaries Under the Commercial Instruments and Maritime Liens Act?
By Diana J. Masters, Chelsea C. Crews
LIENING IN: Best Practices for Suppliers Navigating CIMLA - Part 1 Under the Commercial Instruments and Maritime Liens Act (“CIMLA”), 46 U.S. Code § 31342 et. seq., “a person providing…
Admiralty and Maritime
Maritime Liens and the Automatic Stay: Impact of the Ninth Circuit’s Barnes Decision
Maritime Liens and the Automatic Stay: Impact of the Ninth Circuit’s Barnes Decision Daniel J. Vecchio is a guest author and a member of GSB's Litigation Practice Group. He can…
Ship Law Log
Watershed Ruling in U.S. Rejects OW Bunker’s Maritime Lien Claims
In a watershed decision concerning the scope of maritime liens under the U.S. Commercial Instruments and Maritime Lien Act (“CIMLA”), the District Court for the Southern District of New York…
Global Restructuring Watch
Watershed Ruling in U.S. Rejects OW Bunker’s Maritime Lien Claims
In a watershed decision concerning the scope of maritime liens under the U.S. Commercial Instruments and Maritime Lien Act (“CIMLA”), the District Court for the Southern District of New York…