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Beyond the forecast: Master's discretion vs. charterer routing
Modern day route planning requires a balance between adhering to charterer-provided weather routing advise and Masters exercising their...
Mar 151 min read
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Bunker quality claims- Proving causation remains a challenge for owners
Ship owners face significant hurdles in proving that defective bunkers caused engine damage. To successfully file a claim, they must...
Jan 42 min read
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Gantry Crane Collisions: A Shared Blame?
Container vessels colliding with gantry cranes can result in significant costs. While vessel negligence is often assumed in such cases,...
Dec 29, 20242 min read
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Fatigue and Fault: The Yochow Allision
In The Yochow [2024] , the helmsman made two steering errors in quick succession while under pilotage. The second error resulted in a...
Nov 10, 20242 min read
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The Role of Tugs in Vessel Berthing and Unberthing: The Aframax River Incident
What is the role of tugs when assisting vessels in berthing and unberthing? If they notice an emergency situation developing, should they...
Sep 28, 20242 min read
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Used Cars Ignite Liability Debate: Insights from The Honor Case
Used cars present an elevated fire risk. In the event of a fire originating from such a vehicle on board a ship, can the shipper be held...
Jul 27, 20241 min read
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Explosive Cargo, Divided Blame: Who Pays When a Shipment Goes Up in Flames?
Who is liable when a dangerous cargo shipment explodes during the voyage, the carrier or the shipper? This question becomes particularly...
Jun 29, 20242 min read
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From Ship to Scrap: When does Admiralty Jurisdiction end?
Does Admiralty jurisdiction extend to a vessel that has been beached? In The Kelsie [2024], the charterers were looking to arrest the...
May 26, 20242 min read
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Arrest by Indonesian navy for illegal anchoring leads to a constructive total loss claim under the war risk policy
The Win Win [2024] joins The Afra Oak [2023] as another case involving ship arrest by Indonesian navy for illegal anchoring. In this...
Apr 5, 20242 min read
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Ship scrapping & EWSR
A few months ago, the Rotterdam District Court fined a Director of a shipping company for breaching the European Waste Shipment...
Feb 4, 20242 min read
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What makes a vessel a “ship” for the purposes of validly invoking the court’s admiralty jurisdiction?
A ship – we all know it when we see one, but we can’t really define it. That is perhaps the only right answer to the deceptively simple...
Jan 1, 20242 min read
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Detention for anchoring in Spore OPL without permission from local authorities - who bears the loss?
Over the past years many vessels have been detained by Indonesian or Malaysian navies for anchoring in their waters without permission....
Nov 26, 20232 min read
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Bunker quality disputes - Advantage suppliers. Always!
Claiming against the suppliers for off-spec bunkers is difficult and more often than not, owners are on the back foot in such disputes...
Nov 5, 20231 min read
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Covid-19 and off hire
During Covid, there were several instances where the vessels suffered delays until they could provide evidence to the authorities showing...
Sep 30, 20232 min read
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Segregation of dangerous goods under the IMDG Code and Master’s personal liability for violations
Can a Master be personally held liable for IMDG segregation conflicts arising due to an error in the software used onboard for DG checks?...
Sep 10, 20232 min read
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