The Longshore Industry Notice is a document that is issued typically to Longshore's business partners and/or clients and provides guidance, instruction, and/or information relevant to the application of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA). See below for the most recent industry notice and a short history of industry notices, we will be adding more notices in the history portion as they become available. The notices are also provided in PDF format (simply click on the PDF version link to the right of the notice title to access the PDF version):
Industry Notice No-181 (2020 Final Assessment for the Special Fund) (PDF)
Industry Notice No-180 (Procedures for Requesting DLHWC Intervention in Claims using New DLHWC Forms effective May 4, 2020) (PDF)
Industry Notice No-179 (Electronic Signatures) (PDF)
Industry Notice No-177 (2020 increase of civil monetary penalties in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015) (PDF)
Industry Notice No-176 (2020 Advance Assessment for the Special Fund and Submission of Form LS-513 via the Longshore Electronic Access Forms Submission (LEAFS)) (PDF)
Industry Notice No-175 (Consolidating District Offices and Revising Administrative Case Assignment Procedures in the Longshore Program of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)) PDF
Industry Notice No-174 (Honolulu Office Closing) PDF
NAWW Industry Notice No-173 (Maximum and Minimum Compensation Rates Under the Longshore Act, Effective October 1, 2019; Adjustments of Permanent Total Disability and Death Cases) PDF
Industry Notice No-172 (2019 Final Assessment for the Special Fund) PDF
Industry Notice No-171 (2019 increase of civil monetary penalties in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015) PDF
Industry Notice No-170 (2019 Advance Assessment for the Special Fund and Submission of Form LS-513 via the Longshore Electronic Access Forms Submission (LEAFS) PDF
Industry Notice No-169 (Defense Base Act Coverage for U.S. Government Contractors Working in Puerto Rico) PDF
NAWW Industry Notice No-168 (Maximum and Minimum Compensation Rates Under the Longshore Act, Effective October 1, 2018; Adjustments of Permanent Total Disability and Death Cases) PDF
Industry Notice No-167 (2018 Final Assessment for the Special Fund - July 26, 2018) PDF
Industry Notice No-166 (Fax Submissions of Case Create Forms and Change of Mailing Address for Central Case Create Site) PDF
Industry Notice No-165 (Newly revised Form LS-208 (Notice of Payments) and the termination of Form LS-206 (Payment of Compensation Without Award)) PDF
Industry Notice No-164 (2018 Advance Assessment for the Special Fund and Submission of Form LS-513 via the Longshore Electronic Access Forms Submission (LEAFS) PDF
Industry Notice No-163 (2018 increase of civil monetary penalties in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015) PDF
NAWW Industry Notice No-162 (September 12th, 2017) PDF
Industry Notice No-161 (CY 2016 ASSESSMENT FOR THE SPECIAL FUND - July 24, 2017) PDF
Industry Notice No-160 (2017 increase of civil monetary penalties in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015) PDF
Industry Notice No-159 (2017 Advance Assessment for the Special Fund and Submission of Form LS-513 via the Longshore Electronic Access Forms Submission (LEAFS)) PDF
Industry Notice No-158 (Penalty Inflation) PDF
NAWW Industry Notice No-157 (September 7th, 2016) PDF
Industry Notice No-156 (CY 2016 ASSESSMENT FOR THE SPECIAL FUND - July 15, 2016) PDF
Industry Notice No-155 (2016 Advance Assessment for the Special Fund and Submission of Form LS-513 via the Longshore Electronic Access Forms Submission (LEAFS) PDF
NAWW Industry Notice No-154 (September 8th, 2015) PDF
Industry Notice No-153 (CY 2015 ASSESSMENT FOR THE SPECIAL FUND - July 6, 2015) PDF
Industry Notice No-152 (Waiver of Service - June 12, 2015) PDF
Industry Notice No-151 (Revisions to Forms LS-207 and LS-208 - May 26, 2015) PDF
Industry Notice No-150 (2015 Advance Assessment Notice and Instructions - January 16th, 2015) PDF
Industry Notice No-149 (Electronic Reporting of DBA Insurance Policies January 13th, 2015) PDF
Industry Notice No-148 (SEAPortal October 31st, 2014) PDF
NAWW Industry Notice No-147 (September 8th, 2014) PDF
Industry Notice No-146 (Baltimore Consolidation) PDF
Industry Notice No-145 (July 21th, 2014 - CY 2014 Assessment for the Special Fund) PDF
Industry Notice No-144 (NEW ADDRESSES FOR CORRESPONDING WITH OWCP, DLHWC ON CASE-SPECIFIC MATTERS EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2, 2013) PDF
Longshore Industry Notice History (ordered by date issued)
NAWW Industry Notice No-143 (September 6th, 2013) PDF
Industry Notice No-142 (July 18th, 2013 - CY 2013 Assessment for the Special Fund) PDF
NAWW Industry Notice No-141 (September 11th, 2012) PDF
Industry Notice No-140 (July 10th, 2012 - CY 2012 Assessment for the Special Fund) PDF
Industry Notice No-139 (June 25th, 2012 - Transfer of cases from Baltimore to Norfolk Longshore District Office) PDF
Industry Notice No-138 (January 3rd, 2012 - Electronic Issuance of Policies) PDF Version
Industry Notice No-137 (December 30, 2011 - Recreational Vessel Regulation) PDF Version
Industry Notice No-136 (October 11, 2011 - Revised LS-206 form)
NAWW Industry Notice No-135 (September 7, 2011) PDF Version
NAWW Industry Notice No-133 (September 7, 2010) PDF Version
Industry Notice No-132 ( July 29, 2010 - CY 2010 ASSESSMENT FOR THE SPECIAL FUND) PDF Version
Industry Notice No-130 ( November 09, 2009 - Initiative to Improve Timeliness in Employer's First Report of Injury and Initial Payment of Compensation) PDF Version
Industry Notice No-126 (May 11, 2009- Newly Revised Forms LS-206, LS-207 and LS-208) PDF Version
Industry Notice No-122 (September 20, 2007 - Transfer of Defense Base Act Cases from the New York Longshore District Office to Other Longshore District Offices ) PDF Version
Industry Notice No-119 (Announcing new regulations security deposits and reporting requirements for insurance carriers) PDF Version
Industry Notice No-115 (Chicago Office Consolidation January 23, 2004) PDF Version
Industry Notice No-113 (Changes to Vocational Rehabilitation Services) PDF Version
Industry Notice No-107 (Audits verifying Form LS-513, Report of Payments) PDF Version
Industry Notice No-106 (Chicago Office Consolidation January 3, 2003) PDF Version
Industry Notice No-102 (Philadelphia Office Consolidation June 18, 2002) PDF Version
Industry Notice No-100 (Insurer Security Deposits; Request for Information February 15, 2002) PDF Version
Industry Notice No-84 (Increase in the Maximum Civil Penalties that may be accessed under the LHWCA)
Industry Notice No-75 (Mandatory Use of SSN - 3-94)
Industry Notice No-68 (Interpretation of "Drydocking" as Used In Section 3(d) of the Act)
Industry Notice No-63 (LS202 in NLT Cases - 5-87)
Industry Notice No-42 (Penalty Provisions of sec 14(f) of the LHWCA)
Industry Notice No-39 (10F increase not limited - 10-79)