<div><a>With the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) signed into law</a>, further legislation could be in the works given the gaping disconnect between the limited impact of the first re-write of US shipping law in nearly a quarter century and the increasingly vocal demands of the Biden administration to bring down shipping costs in an attempt to curb inflation ahead of midterm elections. </div><div>The next logical step in reforming shipping law — the elimination of ocean carriers’ antitrust immunity — was briefly proposed earlier this year but shot down due to its potential impact on carriers’ ability to operate...

The next logical step in reforming US shipping law – the elimination of ocean carriers’ antitrust immunity – was briefly proposed earlier this year, but shot down due to its potential impact on carriers’ ability to operate within alliances.

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