CLIENT ALERT: EXECUTIVE ORDER ON IMMIGRATION AFFECTS VESSEL CREWS

On January 27, 2017 President Trump issued an Executive Order (“E.O.”) entitled “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States.” This E.O. will impact vessels calling in the U.S. with crewmembers on board who are citizens of Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Iran and Libya. Provisions of the Order will impact vessels’ crew.