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…
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The Leading Maritime Cities (LMC) Report returns with its 2024 edition offering new insights into the maritime cities that offer the best policy measures, initiatives, and support. These cities excel…
Washington, April 18, 2024 — The World Shipping Council (WSC) today filed a petition for review with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit seeking to…
Richard Gunn, leading partner in Reed Smith’s Casualty and Admiralty team, said: “The Court of Appeal decision in Smit Salvage BV & Ors v Luster Maritime SA & Anr (The…
LSLC-YMP IN ASSOCIATION WITH HAYNES AND BOONE AND 4 PUMP COURT INVITES MEMBERS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONALS TO ATTEND THIS HYBRID IN-PERSON & WEBINAR EVENT SHIPBUILDING AND MARINE ENGINEERING:NEW RISKS…
Antonis D. Faraklas* on Seamanship and beyond! With the Homerion Conference Auditorium bursting at its seams, Chartworld’s seminar** will remain for ever one of the best of its kind in…
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Port of Newcastle has today welcomed the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s (IPART) determination for the one-off compensation payment of $10,120,000 (approx. $13,100,000 when adjusted for CPI) the Port must…
We hope that you are enjoying some spring sunshine and that you are looking forward to the Easter Break. We are excited to share with you an event co hosted…
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…
John Faraclas’ guest lecture on 23 February 2024 09:00 at QMUL on “Contract Management/Performance – the Shipping Perspective“ Good MORNING and Thank you Prof. Markopoulos as well as your esteem…
By John Faraclas and Anny Zade This 29th Annual Dinner and Dance of the Hellenic Engineers Society of Great Britain at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane, coinciding with…
Young maritime professionals should consider careers in the burgeoning profession of arbitration—and no longer regard its pursuit as exclusively for former lawyers and mariners. They were counselled to do so…
HANDLING BUNKER CLAIMS DNV’s Maritime Academy Hellas is offering on 14 March 2024, a course on Bunker Claims and how they should be handled/avoided. Managing effectively bunker fuel quantity and quality claims is very important…
Your name’s not down, you’re not coming in? Publication of shipping company list kicks off ETS registration process
In June 2023, rules for bringing the maritime sector into the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (the “EU ETS”) came into force. All Member States (except one) have failed to transpose this…
GDPR IN SHIPPING: KEY DEVELOPMENTS – NEW!! DNV’s Maritime Academy Hellas is offering on 27 February 2024, a one-day course on the update of GDPR requirements for shipping. The introduction of GDPR in May 2018 signalled…
Greek Shipping Takes Centre Stage at Posidonia 2024 Amidst Industry Transformation Posidonia 2024 is already on track to be the biggest ever in the long history of the world’s most…
Customs Reform: Europe’s ports welcome Parliament’s support for restoring the 90 days temporary storage period
The European Parliament is currently discussing the Commission’s proposal for a new EU Regulation on the Union Customs Code. While supporting the aims of the customs reform to significantly improve…
DNV’s Maritime Academy Course – Contract and Spec Negotiations for Newbuildings and Major Conversions / Retrofittings
CONTRACT AND SPEC NEGOTIATIONS FOR NEWBUILDINGS AND MAJOR CONVERSIONS/RETROFITTINGS DNV’s Maritime Academy Hellas is offering on 20 and 21 February 2024, a course on contract and specifications negotiations for newbuildings and major conversion retrofittings.…
• The UK Supreme Court recently gave judgment in The Polar, ruling that the cargo interests were liable for their share of a ransom payment claimed in general average. • Shipowners may need…
Relevant measures adopted by the Argentine Government for the reconstruction of the national economy
Relevant measures adopted by the new government for the reconstruction of the Argentine economy. The Executive Power of the Argentine Republic issued the Decree of Necessity and Urgency 70/2023, which…
Watson Farley & Williams Athens (“WFW”) has advised Howden Hellas on its acquisition of yacht insurance brokers IYC Insurance Brokers PC from the IYC Group. Howden Hellas is the largest…
The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced his leadership team, one week after taking up his new position. Mr. Arsenio Dominguez, who took up office as the…
Good Morning Monaco Saturday, January 6, 2024 Defamation case against NEWS.MC and Editor heard on Friday The civil case in which Larissa Chertok is suing Ian Brodie and NEWS.MC, claiming defamation…
Maritime people experts Spinnaker represented law firm Hill Dickinson in their recent recruitment of a specialist Ship Finance team of 10 from Ince & Co. The project was handled personally…