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December, 2024 - Expansion of Californian emissions regulation

December, 2024 - Expansion of Californian emissions regulation

Overview The Ocean-Going Vessels At Berth Regulation, 2020 (the “2020 Regulation”), implemented by the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”), aims to significantly cut emissions from ocean-going…

December, 2024 - Navigating liability caps: Topalsson v Rolls-Royce

December, 2024 - Navigating liability caps: Topalsson v Rolls-Royce

In the recent case of Topalsson GmbH v Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd EWCA Civ 1330, the Court of Appeal considered the interpretation of liability caps in commercial contracts and their interaction…

December, 2024 - BIMCO publishes FuelEU clause for time charters

December, 2024 - BIMCO publishes FuelEU clause for time charters

After much deliberation BIMCO have now published a clause for use in time charters (the “Clause”), relating to the rights and responsibilities under the FuelEU Maritime (“FuelEU”) which comes into…

Unsafe Port Claims (Chinese)

Unsafe Port Claims (Chinese)

尽管经典的“安全港” 定义早已确立,清晰且存续已久的法律定义并不意味着不安全港的纠纷在减少或者简单化。本刊物旨在着重介绍不安全港法律的一些重要方面,还特别提及了在当今商业和政治环境下可能产生的此类相关问题。 Download the publication In case of inconsistency between the Chinese and English…

October, 2024 - The Xing Zhi Hai: Letters of indemnity and the law of undisclosed principals

October, 2024 - The Xing Zhi Hai: Letters of indemnity and the law of undisclosed principals

In Yangtze Navigation (Asia) Co Ltd & Anor v TPT Shipping Ltd & Ors [2024] (The “Xing Zhi Hai”) EWHC 2371 (Comm) the Commercial Court in the context of a jurisdictional challenge considered…

Conflict - The impact on charterparties and issues for consideration

Conflict - The impact on charterparties and issues for consideration

Risks of war and civil unrest impacting the shipping industry are nothing new, but today’s unstable political environment has recently brought these risks to the fore. In our two publications, we…

October, 2024 - Price Cap Coalition issues updated maritime advisory

October, 2024 - Price Cap Coalition issues updated maritime advisory

The Price Cap Coalition, which includes the G7 countries together with the EU, Australia and New Zealand, issued an Updated Price Cap Advisory for the Maritime Oil Industry and Related Sectors on…

October, 2024 - FuelEU Maritime: At a glance

October, 2024 - FuelEU Maritime: At a glance

The introduction of FuelEU creates a new regulatory burden on shipowners and managers. In the first of our ‘At a Glance’ publications, we consider and answer some of the key questions arising in…

August, 2024 - The Lila Lisbon: Commercial Court reverses industry understood practice on damages

August, 2024 - The Lila Lisbon: Commercial Court reverses industry understood practice on damages

In Orion Shipping and Trading Ltd -v- Great Asia Maritime Ltd (The Lila Lisbon) [2024] EWHC 2075 (Comm) the Commercial Court considered the question: where a Memorandum of Agreement on the Saleform…

July, 2024 - Mackay v Dick decision defeats deposit defaulters

July, 2024 - Mackay v Dick decision defeats deposit defaulters

In King Crude Carriers SA and others v Ridgebury November LLC and others [2024] EWCA Civ 719 the Court of Appeal confirmed the principle that where a party wrongfully prevents the…