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Healy & Baillie: Links
Maritime and Legal Resources on the Internet
Maritime and Other Transportation
Resources
The US Coast Guard
Maritime Links - This site provides links to a myriad of naval and
maritime related web sites.
NSnet - Maritime Industry's Chart to
News, Information and Services News; the maritime industry; shipyards;
vendors and suppliers; professional organizations; design agencies; standards
and classification societies; banking, finance and insurance; education,
research, and legal resources; and government and regulatory bodies. One
of the nets largest marine sites.
The Mariner's
All-In-One Page - An interesting and eclectic set of maritime links
from the Mass. Maritime Academy
Maritime Global
Net Provided by Maritime Information Systems, this site has links to
more than 400 maritime related companies, organizations, industry associations
and world ports.
Maritime
History Virtual Archives - A huge database of historical information
including letters, biographies, societies, museums, rigging and shipbuilding
Scripps Institute
of Oceanography Library - Links to federal and state agencies, academic
and private institutions, and foreign organizations.
The World Wide Web Virtual
Library on Naval and Maritime Related Issues - A comprehensive set
of links to associations, government organizations, mailing lists, periodicals,
usenet groups, and more.
Fairplay - A massive
set of links to maritime resources.
World Time - Local time around
the world and local holidays.
International, Trade and Trade
Groups Sites
Agrinet Trading Network - This
site tries to match buyers and sellers of agricultural and food products.
Business Wire - One of two
major sources for press releases of all types.
China WWW Directory
- Directory is in English and Chinese.
Connecticut Maritime Assoc
- Host of the '97 Virtual Shipping Conference sponsored by Healy &
Baillie.
Global
Connections Country Guides - Several guides including Basic Exporting,
Central Europe, Mexico, Pacific Rim and Mexico. This is the free portion
of a subscription service.
How To Export
For Free - You have to register to see the otherwise free information
on international trade. Your email address is your account name and "guest"
is your password.
Iran Business Resources - General
Information, Businesses, Exhibits and Publications including several Iranian
maritime and trade links.
International
Trade Law Project - A huge set of documents and information from the
University of Tromso in Norway. The home page takes a while to download,
but is worth the wait. Information on treaties, international organizations,
customs, sales, carriage of goods and intellectual property.
United Kingdom SeaNet - A huge
subscription-based site with a trade directory, trading area, links to
associations, weather reports, tanker and route information, transaction
databases and world time. Much of the site is free.
Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers - Directory of members, index of publications. Much of this
site is restricted to Society members.
World Trader II - International
Trade as seen from a New Hampshire, USA viewpoint.
Maritime and non-Maritime Shipping,
Freight and Transportation Sites
American President Lines - Daily
status of international shipments, rate lookups, trace bills of lading,
job information.
Apollo Int'l Air
Freight - Providing services in Hong Kong and China.
Cargo Letter Home Page
- An archive of Interpool's newsletter for freight forwarders, NVOCC's,
consolidators, surveyors, customs brokers and underwriters.
Circle International/The Harper
Group - Has waybill tracking service, a Newsletter, shipping advice,
etc.
Clearfreight
- A customs broker, air/ocean forwarder and drawback specialist with many
links to trade, shipping, and government resources.
Coyne Aviation
- Provides service from Western Europe to the C.I.S. Has business and cultural
links to for each of the C.I.S. countries.
CSX Transporatation - Provides a
variety of rail, container-shipping, intermodal, trucking, barging, contract
logistics and related services worldwide.
Dart Maritime,Inc. - Includes
information on their tariff automation software.
FedEx Home Page - General information
on shipping via FedEx and their very popular package tracking page.
GENSnet Maritime - Links
and short description of maritime companies and categories.
Great
Lakes Shipping - Extensive information about Great Lakes shipping,
including a list of 440 Great Lakes Ships.
Gulf & Atlantic
Maritime Services, Transportation and Shipping Links - This U.S. shipping
agency provides links to transportation, shipping, and maritime resources.
One of the earliest maritime sites.
How To Select A Freight
Forwarder - From the Michigan Small Business Development Center.
Iceland Shipping
Services - Information on services, schedule, offices and agents in
Iceland. You can also request quotations on freight rates.
Inland River Logistics
- Don't look at the survey demo unless you have a fast connection.
The
Internet Truckstop - A web resource for truckers including information
on loads, trucks, routes, chat, email and advertising. Parts of site are
only open to subscribers.
IPX - Interpool -
Has company business and financial information and their popular Cargo
Letter newsleter.
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL)
- An award winning site with cargo tracking, booking requests, sailing
schedules, cargo cutoffs, EDI services, customs requirements, career opportunites
and currency exchange information.
Pacific Maritime - An
interesting site with information for members of the merchant marine including
hiring, training and newsletters.
Princeton University
Transportation Center - A project of the Princeton's Castle Lab for
Transportation Logistics. Information on highwa
ys, aviation, universities, companies, governments, conferences and publications.
Priority One Forwarding
- Information on importing, exporting and freight forwarding from an Orlando,
Florida based company.
The "Queen
Mary" Enthusiasts' Web Page! - Information on a grand old ship,
now retired and permanently moored at Long Beach, California.
Seaports of the Americas
- This site is maintained by Compass North America, the publisher of American
Association of Port Authorities's Directory. It has links to port websites
in North and South America and to the AAPA.
Ships
Home Page - Historic and some recent ships from the The Maritime History
Virtual Archives.
Port of Singapore - Information
on marine services, warehousing, terminals, cruises, World Trade Center
and the Port Institute.
Starlink Freight
Systems - An Inglewood, California company with branch offices in the
U.S. and Pacific Rim.
World Net Associates
- Information about this consortium of freight forwarders and agents around
the world.
P&I and Insurance Resources
UK P&I Club -
Information about the UK P&I Club with related links.
Through Transport Club - Information
about the Through Transport Club.
London P& I Club -
The London Steamship Owners' Mutual Assurance Association.
Newcastle P&I Club -
Information about the Newcastle Club.
Aus Ship P&I
- Information about the Aus Ship Club.
Shoreline Mutual -
Shoreline provides the type of insurance necessary to obtain a Certificate
of Financial Responsibility ("COFR") under the U.S. Oil Pollution
Act of 1990.
Courts
Southern District of New York
- Local rules, Judges' individual rules, directions to the courthouses,
and more to come.
Eastern District of New York
- A starter page.
Government Resources
Governments of The World -
How to Reach Them - Over 160K of links to government websites.
U.S. Coast Guard Office of
Marine Safety, Security and Environmental Protection - Under Construction.
The United States
Coast Guard Maritime Links - Three screens of maritime links arranged
alphabetically. It also has numbers for several useful Coast Guard electronic
bulletin boards.
USCG Port
State Control Program - Lists all vessels detained in the U.S. in the
last 12 months, as well as black-listed owners and operators, targeted
flag states and classification societies whose vessels show unusually high
detention rates.
USCG press releases
- Includes boating recalls.
U.S. Department of Commerce
TRADE BASE - Extensive trade statistics organized by the Office of
Export Promotion in U.S. Department of Commerce.
Transportation
Links Page - U.S. Department of Transportation links to sites
covering all modes of transportion.
U.S. DOT News and Press
Releases - News, press releases, fact sheets from all DOT agencies
and selected speeches given by Transportation Secretary Federico Peña.
Announcements and news items are posted for ten days.
U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration - The home page includes links to pages on airports,
air traffic services, commercial space regulation, and the Office of System
Safety.
U.S. Gov't Printing Office
- Official forms and several search engines for government information.
U.S. International Trade Commission/U.S.
Court of International Trade - Monthly calendar, status of investigations,
U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, trade-related law journal articles and
trade-related sites.
U.S. Maritime Administration -
Congressional and industry news, publications and annual reports, customer
service standards, Title XI application status, MARlinespike Bulletin Board.
White House Commission On Aviation
Safety and Security - The Commission is an advisory body to study measures
to improve, civil aviation safety and security (including air traffic control).
The World Wide Web Virtual
Library on Naval and Maritime Related Issues - This is a massive set
of links maintained by the U.S. Naval Academy's Alumni Association. Link
categories include associations, government and naval pages, mailing lists,
periodicals, usenet groups, and more.
Maritime Law Resources
International Trade Law
Monitor - This site maintained by the Law Faculty of the University
of Tromso. It provides links to trade related sites and substative texts.
Law of the Sea
Page of the Council on Ocean Law - Links and texts of international
agreements, including analysis and summaries.
Legal Information
Institute (LII) of Cornell University - Maritime Law - The LII has
extensive legal information including a large section on maritime law.
Maltese
and International Connections - A comprehensive site for Maltese and
international law including trade, maritime, European Union, etc.
Maritime
Cabotage Task Force - Jones Act - The Maritime Cabotage Task Force
(MCTF) is a coalition of companies to preserve cabotage laws, (the Jones
Act), which governs shipment of goods between U.S. domestic ports.
University
of Nantes Maritime and Oceanic Law Center - A wide variety of maritime
related resources in several languages at this French site.
Law Journal
Extra - Admiralty section.
Arbitration Resources
American Arbitration Association -
Full text of AAA Rules, information about AAA arbitration.
Society of Maritime Arbitrators
(NY) - Full text of SMA Rules, biographies of members and more.
General Legal Resources
Law Schools' Web Resources
WashLaw WEB
-- Washburn University School of Law - A well-organized set of legal
links.
Cornell's Legal Information Institute
- Federal laws, regulations and cases (U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Circuit
Courts and N.Y. Court of Appeals decisions from 5/90).
VCILP - Charting
the Web - An extensive set of legal links from Villanova University.
Villanova Center for Information
Law and Policy - Extensive substantive legal resources.
Lawlinks: Chicago-Kent's
Guide to Substantive Legal Resources on the Web - Another good set
of links.
The Legal Domain
Network - lists of legal email listservs, where experts discuss law.
Uniform Law Commission at Chicago-Kent
College of Law - Information on uniform laws.
Harvard Law School
- the law library.
Fletcher
Treaty Database - full text of many multilateral treaties and their
current status.
Court Cases and U.S. Code
U.S. House of Representatives Internet
Law Library - U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Treaties, International
Law, laws of other nations, etc.
Supreme
Court Decisions - Provided by Cornell University in both ASCII and
WP51 files for downloading.
The Federal
Court Locator - A set of graphical links to the Federal Circuit Courts
of Appeal provided by Villanova.
New York
Court of Appeals Decisions - From Cornell's LII project.
United States Code
- Provided by Cornell. As with all internet databases, it may not be totally
up to date.
US CaseLaw Search
- A very useful meta-search engine, Peter Faris' site allows you to enter
search requests for all federal and all state cases (if they are on the
Web) from this page.
Findlaw - a law locator.
Thomas - a government legislative
server.
Search Engines
Yahoo! - A good place to start
if you know the company name or want all listings in an industry.
AltaVista - A keyword
search engine that is usually very fast.
Hotbot - A keyword search engine
that frequently returns the highest number of hits.
Infoseek Guide - A keyword
search engine that also includes searches by concept.
Search.com - A guide to over 250
search engines and link compiliations.
MetaCrawler Searching
- A search engine that combines other search engines.