Vessel Entry Prohibition for Calls at Expropriated Ports

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-10-15 — Investigation Into Conditions Affecting Shipping in the Foreign Trade and Denial of Entry of Vessels Into Spanish Ports and Proposed Remedies To Meet or Adjust the Unfavorable Conditions: cross-connection with fmc-spain-shipping-conditions: Both use vessel port-entry restrictions as a retaliatory tool against foreign-government shipping conduct. (novelty: 3)
2025-03-11 — SHIELD Against CCP Act: cross-connection with shield-against-ccp-act: Both are legislative measures targeting foreign-adversary influence on U.S. port and transportation security. (novelty: 2)
2026-04-02 — Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026: Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026 would authorize the President to bar U.S. entry and operation of vessels that have called at ports, harbors, or marine terminals nationalized or expropriated from U.S. owners by Western Hemisphere free-trade-agreement partners, with the prohibition lifting upon restoration of ownership, payment of compensation, or other resolution of the dispute. (novelty: 3)