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Governing contractual document between owners & charterers if carrying vessel is substituted - B/L?
If ship-owners exercise their right to substitute the carrying vessel, and the new vessel belongs to a different owner, then which...
Nov 11, 20181 min read
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Injured seafarers and ambulance chasing lawyers
Seafarers who have been injured onboard a ship are often lured by ambulance chasing lawyers into bringing a lawsuit against the ship...
Nov 4, 20181 min read
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Lost lifeboat. Can owners deduct the costs from ship manager's fee?
One for ship-owners and ship-managers - vessel lost its lifeboat at sea sometime after the end of normal working hours. Crew noticed it...
Nov 4, 20181 min read
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Due diligence, SMS & insurance claims
The DC Merwestone made headlines in 2016 for court’s decision that when an insured employs a fraudulent device to advance an otherwise...
Nov 4, 20181 min read
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'Pay to be paid' principle of P&I Clubs
Can a P&I Club's 'pay to be paid' principle be circumvented? This was the question before a Brazil appeals court last month. The claim...
Nov 4, 20181 min read
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Check who is the 'agent of the ship' before serving summons
Can local agents (appointed for previous voyages) and P&I Correspondents be considered as the ‘agent of the ship’ for the purposes of...
Nov 4, 20181 min read
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An offshore supply vessel using a towfish - is a towing vessel? (Tesla's involved too!)
Every now and then courts have had to decide whether a particular water craft is a ‘ship’/vessel under the relevant maritime statute....
Oct 28, 20181 min read
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Seaworthiness & acts / omissions of Technical Superintendents
Can a failure to supply necessary spares for ME maintenance result in the carrier losing out on the defense under Art.4(1) of Hague...
Oct 28, 20181 min read
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A NVOCC cannot be 'the carrier'
To what extent realistically can NVOCCs undertake the traditional responsibilities of a carrier, and can a claim stemming from delay of...
Oct 21, 20181 min read
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Cruise ships, high sulphur in bunkers & EU Directive (2012/33)
Master of cruise ship 'Azura' being fined €100,000 by a French court last week for violating EU air pollution laws - breaching bunker oil...
Oct 21, 20181 min read
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‘Management of ship’ and ‘management of cargo’ are not the same
As regards duty of the master for the purposes of Hague rules defence available to ship owners for loss/damage caused by errors in...
Oct 21, 20181 min read
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Capesize bulker awarded for salvage of a smaller general cargo vessel
When a judgement starts like this: “The mythological Norse god, Thor, wielded a hammer and…was associated with…thunder, lightning and...
Oct 7, 20181 min read
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Dispute on who the shipowner is? Q88 to the rescue.
Q88 (Tanker Questionnaire) is a key document when it comes to tanker chartering. Just how important a part it can play in the event of a...
Oct 7, 20181 min read
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'About 5%' - a singular tolerance or it applies to both speed & consumption?
Tolerances for ‘about’ - underperformance claim - effect of current were some of the many interesting issues that came up in London...
Sep 30, 20181 min read
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Passenger claims on cruise ships - most appropriate forum for brining disability claim (UK or China)
A few months ago, China got its first ever case concerning cruise passenger injury on high seas. In The Saphire Princess a Chinese...
Sep 23, 20181 min read
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