North America: Transport

The Trump administration's Maritime Action Plan aims to rebuild US shipbuilding capacity, modernize ports, and expand the merchant fleet through unprecedented public-private partnerships.

Artificial intelligence is steadily transforming the maritime industry’s architecture — from predictive maintenance, safety, and ship security to navigation and port logistics, and even the manufacturing of autonomous ships.

The EU adopts its 20th sanctions package against Russia, introducing sweeping measures across energy, finance, trade, and military sectors while targeting shadow fleet operations and crypto-asset service providers.

Utah amended the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) to address the collection and storage of personal data by motor vehicle manufacturers (OEMs) through in-vehicle technology systems...

Class action litigation has emerged as a powerful force reshaping how transportation, automotive, and logistics companies operate and manage risk. Duane Morris announces the first edition of the Transportation...

Truck accident cases are not only about what happened in the seconds before impact. They are also about what happened before the collision occurred.

On March 12, 2026, a division of the Colorado Court of Appeals issued a significant opinion concerning federal preemption, aviation law, and environmental nuisance. In Town of Superior v. Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County, 2026 COA 14, the division held that federal law preempts a state court from ordering an airport proprietor to ban certain aircraft operations as a noise abatement measure, even though the proprietor itself retains the authority to impose such restrictions voluntarily.

Transport Canada’s March 2025 policy statement (the Policy Statement) outlined a range of pathways for private capital participation within the existing airport authority mode...

Effective July 1, 2026, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) will implement a significant amendment to the Air Transportation Regulations (ATR)...