46 USC § 41106 - Marine terminal operators

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s41106"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 41106 - Marine terminal operators"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "41106"
section_name: "Marine terminal operators"
chapter_number: 411
chapter_name: "PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Ocean Shipping"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–304, § 7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1543.)"
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# § 41106. Marine terminal operators

A marine terminal operator may not—

**(1)** agree with another marine terminal operator or with a common carrier to boycott, or unreasonably discriminate in the provision of terminal services to, a common carrier or ocean tramp;

**(2)** give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage or impose any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage with respect to any person; or

**(3)** unreasonably refuse to deal or negotiate.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1543.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 41106(1) | 46 App.:1709(d)(2). | Pub. L. 98–237, § 10(d)(2), (3) (related to (b)(10)), (4), Mar. 20, 1984, 98 Stat. 77; Pub. L. 105–258, title I, § 109(c), Oct. 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 1910. |
| 41106(2) | 46 App.:1709(d)(4). |  |
| 41106(3) | 46 App.:1709(d)(3) (related to (b)(10)). |  |