Shipbuilders Council of America, Inc. v. United States Department of Homeland Security

MEMORANDUM OPINION

T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.

In this Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-706, suit, plaintiffs challenge a Coast Guard decision to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement to a vessel that underwent significant rework in a foreign shipyard. More precisely, the aft end of the M/V Mokihana, owned by Intervenor Matson Navigation Company, Inc. (“Mat-son”), was converted in a Chinese shipyard from an area for container storage to a lower garage for vehicle storage. On the basis of submissions by Matson, the Coast Guard decided that…