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Fifth Circuit Addresses A Complicated Cargo Dispute, Resulting In A Victory For Vessel-Operating Common Carriers

The Energy Law

The court further held that the carrier may protect its interest in unpaid freight against the cargo in rem , and weighed in on several other issues pertinent to the maritime field. IMC) as the “vessel-operating common carrier.” Freightplus and IMC disagreed over whether Freightplus was operating as an NVOCC.

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Highly Anticipated En Banc Fifth Circuit Opinion Reframes Maritime Contract Analysis

The Energy Law

(LDI), was contracted by Apache Corporation to provide crane services in connection with operations being performed by another Apache contractor, Specialty Rental Tools & Supply, L.L.P. In the course of these operations, the LDI crane operator negligently struck and injured an STS employee.

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