The transportation industry has evolved from a highly regulated sector into a dynamic and innovative service market essential to vital just-in-time deliveries and integrated supply chains.
Thompson Hine is rated at the top of our profession in the United States for the representation of shippers in rail and motor carrier matters by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, based on interviews with clients and peers. We understand both the regulatory settings and the commercial complexities affecting domestic and multimodal international transportation of cargo.
Services
- Draft, negotiate, and advise manufacturers, retailers, and other shippers on logistics contracts for air, ocean, rail, and truck transportation, logistics management services, and warehousing and distribution-center services.
- Provide guidance on freight transportation safety and service regulations, and appear before regulators such as the Surface Transportation Board (STB), Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Highway Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the United States Coast Guard (USCG)
- Address compliance issues and enforcement actions involving hazardous materials transportation regulations.
- Advise manufacturers, retailers, and other shippers on regulatory and contractual solutions to logistics challenges, including on claims related to demurrage, detention, delay, mishandling, and cargo loss and damage.
- Represent leading shipper trade associations and individual shippers in the development and advocacy of legislation and regulations pertaining to transportation and supply chain issues, including the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022, competitive rail access regulations, and rail rate-case reforms.
Leader
Karyn A. BoothPartner | Washington, D.C.
202.263.4108Karyn.Booth@ThompsonHine.com- Meet the team
