After a successful mid-term meeting of the ExCo (Executive Committee) of WISTA International, today, the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) holds its Mid-Term Conference with the theme “We…
Sanctions
Key takeaways • 2020 to 2023 unsurprisingly saw an uptick in sanctions-related disputes and cases before the English courts and many of these cases have set precedents for various conceptual issues…
Viewers can find here below the EMASoH* Information Bulletin of March2024. More than valuable information under the circumstances in the region and beyond! *European Maritime Awareness Strait of Hormuz
Market report: UK market loses steam as global uncertainty rises, UK unemployment figures higher than forecast
Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: “The UK market has lost further steam, following rising tensions in the Middle East. The ongoing uncertainty has left its mark on stocks…
Navigating the impact of sanctions on commercial contracts: an overview of key cases and trends in England and Singapore
Key takeaways • The courts in England and Singapore are continuing to resolve a stream of disputes arising out of an ever-evolving sanctions landscape. • This article reviews recent reported cases in…
Massive increase in container shipping imports from China into Mexico amid ongoing US trade war.
Oslo, Norway – Growth in demand for container shipping imports from China into Mexico in January 2024 increased by 60% compared to 12 months ago, further fuelling suspicions it has…
Live on Vergina TV: In the explosive geopolitical shipping front – and beyond, Seafarers well being in its entirety is a MUST!
In continuation of previous live appearances over the last three years on the issue of the two ranging wars in the Black Sea and Middle East …”coupled” with the forthcoming…
The American P&I Club – Circular no. 09/24 on obligations of foreign based persons to comply with US sanctions and export control laws
MARCH 14, 2024CIRCULAR NO. 09/24TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Dear Member: OBLIGATIONS OF FOREIGN-BASED PERSONS TO COMPLY WITH US SANCTIONS AND EXPORT CONTROL LAWS On March 6, 2024, the US…
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is working with partners to provide assistance to the Government of Yemen following recent sinking of the vessel Rubymar in the Red Sea area. Speaking…
Dr. Maray Georgoussi interview with John Faraclas on the Ukranian – Russian, Israel – Hamas conflicts and the implications on the supply chain at Acheloos TV
A very timely event interview organised by veteran journalist Achilleas Papadionyssiou for Acheloos TV, covering the two main conflicts which might spill over and Planet Ocean might come to a…
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FEBRUARY 2, 2024 CIRCULAR NO. 05/24 TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Dear Member: RUSSIAN SANCTIONS UPDATE: KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SANCTIONS IMPOSED AGAINST RUSSIA BY THE UK, EU AND US…
Our Marine Money London 2024 on Thursday, January 25th at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House London, Park Lane is our first Marine Money conference of the year. This will be the ideal start to the year…
DECEMBER 1, 2023 CIRCULAR NO. 19/23TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Dear Member: UNITED STATES TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZES TRANSANCTIONS INVOLVING OIL, GAS AND GOLD IN VENEZUELA The US Department of the Treasury’s…
As stories of the oil price cap fill the press, readers could be forgiven for thinking that sanctions concern only tanker operators and the oil industry. But as Torbjörn Claesson, Corporate…
On October 18, 2023, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued General License 44 broadly permitting US and non-US persons to deal with Venezuelan crude and gas. Under…
American Club members circular no. 14/23; United States temporarily authorizes transactions involving oil, gas and gold in Venezuela
OCTOBER 23, 2023CIRCULAR NO. 14/23 TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Dear Member: UNITED STATES TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZES TRANSANCTIONS INVOLVING OIL, GAS AND GOLD IN VENEZUELA This Circular provides information in conjunction with…
Save the Date for LSLC’s event: Living alongside sanctions – a historic year in review and where do we go from here – 2.11.23
The Centre, in association with Reed Smith, invites members and other commercial professionals to attend this 4th hybrid event in its autumn 2023 programme: Living alongside sanctions – a historic year in…
In an exclusive interview with AllAboutShipping, Ms Papageorgiou responds to the challenges the shipping industry faces on the growing environmental demands and tackles neatly the methane slip issue, particularly on…
A two-state solution will be hard-fought By Meghnad Desai The war in Israel/Palestine represents a reverberating continuation of the quarrels of the last two millennia. There is no feasible solution…
London, 5th October 2023: The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) today published two sanctions suspension clauses. Since September last year, the LMA has been consulting across the insurance industry and with specialist sanctions…
Trade Compliance Resource Hub: Further UK and EU sanctions on Russian iron and steel come into effect
Trade Compliance Resource Hub: Further UK and EU sanctions on Russian iron and steel come into effect Our Trade Compliance Resource Hub is where you can find…
Good Morning Monaco Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Russian travellers face EU ban on personal imports The European Union has introduced an import ban on a number of personal items originating…
American P&I Club circular no.11/23 – United States imposes sanctions on jet fuel transportation to Burma
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 CIRCULAR NO. 11/23TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Dear Member: UNITED STATES IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON JET FUEL TRANSPORT TO BURMA On August 23, 2023, the United States Treasury Department’s…
The BDI (The Baltic Dry Index) ended down eight points since yesterday and now reads 1,129; on a weekly basis same was down seven points since last week’s 1,136… The…