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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

(15) Related Party Transactions

David W. Grzebinski, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, is a member of the board of directors for ABS, a not-for-profit that provides global classification services to the marine, offshore and gas industries. The Company paid ABS $1,620,000 in 2021, $2,377,000 in 2020, and $1,774,000 in 2019 to perform audits and surveys of the Company’s vessels in the ordinary course of business.

In November 2020, Mr. Grzebinski became a member of the board of directors of UK Protection & Indemnity Association ("UK P&I"), a mutual marine protection and indemnity organization that provides protection and indemnity insurance for third party liabilities and expenses arising from vessel operations. The Company’s marine fleet is insured on a pro rata share basis through UK P&I and Standard Mutual. The Company paid $3,215,000 during 2021 in premiums for coverage in the 2021-2022 policy period and $3,000,000 during 2020, in premiums for coverage in the 2020-2021 policy period in the ordinary course of business.

In January 2019, Amy D. Husted, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, became a member of the board of directors of Signal Mutual Indemnity Association Ltd (“Signal”), a group self-insurance not-for-profit organization authorized by the U.S. Department of Labor as a longshore worker’s compensation insurance provider. The Company has been a member of Signal since it was established in 1986. The Company paid Signal $551,000 in 2021, $667,000 in 2020 and $1,391,000 in 2019 in the ordinary course of business.

The husband of Ms. Husted is a partner in the law firm of Clark Hill PLC. The Company paid the law firm $2,900,000 in 2021, $1,598,000 in 2020, and $1,278,000 in 2019 for legal services in connection with matters in the ordinary course of business.