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Title 46 is the portion of the Code of Federal Regulations that governs shipping within the United States for the United States Coast Guard, the United States Maritime Administration, and the United States Maritime Commission. It is available in digital or printed form.
[1] [2] The title was fully codified into the Positive Law on October 6, 2006, when then-President George W. Bush signed Public Law 109-304 into law. [3] Portions of the U.S.C. labeled "transferred" have been moved to another title of the United States code either via an Act of Congress or by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel.
Title 21 of the United States Code governs Food and Drugs in the United States Code (U.S.C.). [1] ... Title 46 - Shipping; Title 47 - Telecommunications;
The official 2007 edition of the UCC. The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), first published in 1952, is one of a number of uniform acts that have been established as law with the goal of harmonizing the laws of sales and other commercial transactions across the United States through UCC adoption by all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Territories of the United States.
Later, shipowners began offering cargo owners the opportunity to ship their cargoes in large ocean shipping containers. The containers came in two sizes — 8 feet (2.4 m) high x 8 feet (2.4 m) wide x 20 feet (6.1 m) long (2.4 m x 2.4 m x 6 m) or 8 x 8 x 40 feet (12 m) long.
1884, the Shipping Act of 1884, which limited an individual owner's liability to the owner's share of debts and liabilities, later codified as 46 U.S.C. Appendix Ch.8 §§189 [6] 1886, which modified Rev. Stat. §4289 to clarify which vessels are covered [7] 1893, the Harter Act, which was later codified as 46 U.S.C. Appendix Ch.8 §§190–196 [8]
Under the reorganization plan, the shipping laws of the U.S. were separated into two categories, regulatory and promotional. The newly created FMC was charged with the administration of the regulatory provisions of the shipping laws, while the promotional role was vested in the Maritime Administration (now part of the U.S. Department of ...
Affreightment (from freight) is a legal term relating to shipping.. A contract of affreightment is a contract between a ship-owner and a charterer, in which the ship-owner agrees to carry goods for the charterer in the ship by water. [1]