Papavizas Speaks at OPIS National Supply Summit

Washington, D.C.-based partner Charlie Papavizas, who serves as chair of Winston & Strawn’s maritime and admiralty practice, spoke at the OPIS 16^th Annual National Supply Summit on October 27, 2014 in Las Vegas.

Mr. Papavizas presented “On the Waterfront.” Suddenly, the Jones Act is no longer regarded as a sacred cow. A key ruling from U.S. Customs could allow hydrocarbon components to move from U.S. refiners to the Bahamas and back to the U.S. in vessels that don’t carry the American flag. Mr. Papavizas looked at how this ruling, and likely subsequent rulings, may merge with politics and define waterborne transportation through the rest of the decade.