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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.
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