Whenever possible, in advance of goods or services being provided to a vessel, the vessel owner should (1) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the provider (a potential maritime lienholder) a specific, affirmative notice that a charterer is not authorized to bind the vessel, and (2) contemporaneously document the giving of such notice and obtain acknowledgement from the provider. Notes1 2017 WL 1157125 (S.D.N.Y. March 27, 2017).2 46 U.S.C. §§30101-31343 (2006).3 46 U.S.C. §31342.4Marine Oil Trading Ltd. v. Motor Tanker PAROS, 287 F. Supp. 2d 638, 640-41 (E.D. Va. 2003).5Clubb Oil Tools, Inc. v. M/V George Vergottis, 460 F. Supp. 835, 840 (S.D. Tex. 1978).6Triton Marine Fuels Ltd., S.A. v. M/V PACIFIC CHUKOTKA, 575 F.3d 409, 414 (4th Cir. 2009).7Triton Marine Fuels Ltd., 575 F.3d at 414.