---
type: "LegalText"
title: "46 U.S.C. § 41106"
description: "Marine terminal operators"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
chapter_number: "411"
chapter_name: "PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES"
section: "41106"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 41106"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s41106"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-46/usc46.xml"
source_hash: "8fb0222b61a9b7f53588f4d6f26084f848b8ea7dcf94a4268177e2d3ee1b19b6"
raw_snapshot_hash: "eb1331aa3c08ed87231a3606d86b30d1b5942cdf8542f6a3df8ac1d66e86057f"
text_hash: "7a0500a815f344e9050bd4a82703390a2752b63c8887f817ffae09bb03633ddd"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 46 U.S.C. § 41106 - Marine terminal operators

## Text

A marine terminal operator may not—

(1) agree with another marine terminal operator or with a common carrier to boycott, or unreasonably discriminate in the provision of terminal services to, a common carrier 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.

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

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (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)).