Most onboard COVID-19 protocols require the seafarers to implement certain measures before allowing 3rd parties onboard. One of the...

If a ship is held by quarantine officers because a crew member is suspected of being COVID positive then the risk of delay falls on...

Notwithstanding that a time charterer has little or no say in the way a vessel is technically managed, can it be found liable for...

What do you do as a shipowner if OFAC applies sanctions to charterers by adding them to the SDN list during the currency of C/P? Do you...

If the Baltic Exchange alters the published rate scheme by changing the benchmark vessel during the currency of charter then hire...

Hull cleaning clauses or prolonged port stays clauses are fairly common in time charterparties. Cleaning of the hull is normally on...

It is usually the time charterer who provides and pays for port agents. But if the charterer goes bankrupt, then can the agent look...

"Subject to details", “subject to board approval” and other similar expressions are well known in ship chartering, meaning that the C/P...

A ship’s agent plays a very important role in organizing and coordinating all aspects of a port call. Often, they make certain payments...

To recover the sums due for bunkers supplied on request of time charterers, suppliers may try to claim against the vessel by having her...

Coronavirus has the world’s attention. Shipping will clearly be affected. It could lead to disputes, souring some commercial...

It is common to have a string of contracts in the bunker supply chain, which creates a risk of ship being arrested if the payment for...