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

If an FOB buyer makes a mickey mouse nomination, i.e. nominates a vessel that obviously cannot reach the load port in time, then is it a...

A bill of lading will generally state that the cargo has been "shipped in apparent good order and condition". But apparent to whom –...

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

Ship S&P agreements are usually subject to a vessel being “free of average damage affecting vessel’s class”. Not every kind of damage...

Do the CROSSING RULES (rule 15) apply where an outbound vessel is navigating within a NARROW CHANNEL and the other vessel is approaching...

A voyage charter normally has rider clauses requiring owners to submit specified documents within a certain period of time when making a...

Fire damaged vessel; a lengthy litigation over CTL issue, and then over wilful misconduct; police investigation against the shipowner; a...

Submitting false documents for clearance of cargo is never a good idea. In the case of The Muammer Yagci [2018], it led to a 4.5 month...

What if a vessel is sold for scrapping with a ‘for demolition only’ clause in the agreement, but buyers end up trading the vessel. Is...

Rooted in antiquity is limitation of liability, a distinctive feature of maritime law that allows certain persons or entities to limit...

Greenpeace activists have been protesting for nearly half a century against environmental destruction. Most recently they climbed...