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§41101 Joint Ventures and Consortiums
Title 46 › Subtitle IV — Regulation of Ocean Shipping › Part A — Ocean Shipping › CHAPTER 411 — PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES › § 41101
Summary
If two or more common carriers join in a joint venture or consortium and run it as a single operation, the law treats that joint venture as one common carrier.
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Title 46, §41101
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In this chapter, a joint venture or consortium of two or more common carriers operating as a single entity is deemed to be a single common carrier.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4110146 App.:1709(e).Pub. L. 98–237, § 10(e), Mar. 20, 1984, 98 Stat. 80.
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46 U.S.C. § 41101
Title 46, Shipping
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Aug 21, 2026
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