Ocean Shipping

Finding the law: Ocean Shipping in the U.S. Code

A collection of general and permanent laws relating to ocean shipping, passed by the United States Congress, are organized by subject matter arrangements in the United States Code (U.S.C.; this label examines ocean shipping topics), to make them easy to use (usually, organized by legal areas into Titles, Chapters and Sections). The platform provides introductory material to the U.S. Code, and cross references to case law. View the U.S. Code’s table of contents here.

Ocean Shipping

In Legislation

Ocean Shipping in the U.S. Code: Title 46, Subtitle IV, Part A

The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating ocean shipping are compiled in the United States Code under Title 46, Subtitle IV, Part A. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Shipping (including ocean shipping) of the United States. The reader can further narrow his/her legal research of the general topic (in this case, Regulation of Ocean Shipping and Ocean Shipping and Regulation of the US Code, including ocean shipping) by chapter and subchapter.