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On 6th October, 2022 the EU adopted an eighth package of sanctions against Russia. The relevant legislation can be found here.  In particular, Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1904 (“the…

The G7 nations have agreed to implement a coordinated price cap on the sale price of oil to reduce the extent of price increases. Details of how the price cap will operate, along with its interaction…

In time charterparties, it is common to find a clause along the following lines: “Vessel’s holds on arrival at first load port(s) to be clean, dry, free of rust and/or scale and cargo residues and…

The CII regulations come into force on 1st January, 2023 and will rate ships A, B, C, D or E on the basis of the intensity of their carbon emissions. The way that a ship is operated (speed, amount of…

The historic doctrines of champerty and maintenance, which essentially prohibit third-party litigation and arbitration funding, have been amended and/or phased out in a number of jurisdictions,…

The separability principle, as set out at section 7 of the Arbitration Act 1996, essentially provides that an arbitration agreement is, or must be treated as, a contract which is separate from the…

In the recent case of Fastfreight Pte Ltd v Bulk Trident Shipping Ltd [2023] EWHC 105, the Commercial Court held that where a charterparty contained a clause providing that no deductions were to be…

These Service Guidelines (2023) set out the Club’s expectations as to how Defence matters should be handled by the lawyers instructed on behalf of Members. They reflect the Club’s policy of “no…

In this video Paul Herring, Alex McCue and Jim Roberts discuss the BIMCO CII Operations Clause for Time Charter Parties 2022 and the potential implications for both owners and charterers. Watch the…

In London Arbitration 2/23, the arbitration tribunal rejected the owner’s claim for damages for breach of the Charterers’ unsafe port warranty, following the ship’s grounding, on the basis that a…