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§41106 Marine Terminal Operators

Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle IV— Regulation of Ocean Shipping › Part A— Ocean Shipping › Chapter 411— PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES › § 41106

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Stops marine terminal operators from three things: making deals to refuse or unfairly limit terminal services to a carrier, giving unfair advantages or causing unfair harm to anyone, or refusing without good reason to work with or negotiate with others.

Full Legal Text

Title 46, §41106

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A marine terminal operator may not—
(1)agree with another marine terminal operator or with a common carrier to boycott, or unreasonably discriminate in the provision of terminal services to, a common carrier or ocean tramp;
(2)give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage or impose any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage with respect to any person; or
(3)unreasonably refuse to deal or negotiate.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 41106(1)46 App.:1709(d)(2).Pub. L. 98–237, § 10(d)(2), (3) (related to (b)(10)), (4), Mar. 20, 1984, 98 Stat. 77; Pub. L. 105–258, title I, § 109(c), Oct. 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 1910. 41106(2)46 App.:1709(d)(4). 41106(3)46 App.:1709(d)(3) (related to (b)(10)).

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Citation

46 U.S.C. § 41106

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Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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