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The Shipping Act of 19841 was signed into law by President Reagan on 20 March 1984 and significantly reduced the regulation of carriers under United States law. The express purposes of the Act are to minimize government intervention and regulatory costs; to provide an efficient and economic system of ocean transport; and to encourage the development of an economically sound United States flag liner fleet.2 Among other things, the Act provides antitrust immunity for the collective setting of rates and other collective actions by carriers, and modifies the government review procedure for multicarrier agreements.3
The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of his associate, LeRoy Lambert, Esq., in the research of the cases discussed.
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Kimball, J.D. (1986). USA. In: Arroyo, I. (eds) Yearbook Maritime Law. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3707-4_24
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