HANNIBAL â When the American Queen comes steaming up the Mississippi River to Hannibal this year it will find a docking area ready for it to use, thanks to an agreement that has been reached between the city and the company which owns the steamboat.
During Tuesday nightâs meeting of the Hannibal City Council approval was given a ground lease agreement between Hannibal and the American Queen Steamboat Operating Co.
âThe agreement covers several things, though its primary substance involves port availability for American Queen dockings, which are non-priority dockings, specifically subject to the priority docking rights of the other tenants,â wrote City Manager Lisa Peck in a memo to the council.
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Steamboat Cos. Can t Steer Bartender s OT Suit To Arbitration
Law360 (March 10, 2021, 5:46 PM EST) The operators of what claims to be the largest river steamboat ever built can t paddle away from a proposed collective action brought by a bartender alleging unpaid overtime wages, after an Indiana federal court refused to toss the claims to arbitration Wednesday.
In what U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker said could be an issue of first impression for the circuit, the judge denied a bid by American Queen Steamboat Operating Co. LLC and HMS Global Maritime LLC to dismiss the Fair Labor Standards Act claims because of an arbitration agreement. Mary Rodgers-Rouzier qualified for an arbitration exemption for seamen because.