Title 46, ShippingRelease 119-102
§41106 Marine Terminal Operators
Title 46 › Subtitle IV — Regulation of Ocean Shipping › Part A — Ocean Shipping › CHAPTER 411 — PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES › § 41106
Summary
Marine terminal operators must not team up with other operators or carriers to refuse service or treat a common carrier or ocean tramp unfairly. They must not give anyone an unfair advantage or impose an unfair harm or disadvantage. They must not unreasonably refuse to do business 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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
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
Title 46, Shipping
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102