---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 41106"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "41106"
heading: "Marine terminal operators"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/41106"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Regulation of Ocean Shipping"
  - "Part A — Ocean Shipping"
  - "Chapter 411 — Prohibitions and Penalties"
---

# §41106. Marine terminal operators


A [marine terminal operator](/usc/46/40102.md?p=15) may not—

- (1) agree with another [marine terminal operator](/usc/46/40102.md?p=15) or with a [common carrier](/usc/46/40102.md?p=7) to boycott, or unreasonably discriminate in the provision of terminal services to, a [common carrier](/usc/46/40102.md?p=7) 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.

## Source credit

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

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | 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)). |  |