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新冠病毒疫情加剧浮式储油风险 近几个月来，由于新冠病毒疫情导致石油及油类产品需求锐减，使用油轮作为浮式储油库储存石油及油类 产品达到了前所未有的高峰——新冠病毒疫情导致在岸存储容量迅速用尽——同时伴随着油价下跌。由于 使用油轮储存石油及油类产品，并非相关租约设定的或者具体规定的使用方式，这可能会带来一系列实务…

新冠病毒和不可抗力 随着新冠病毒疫情的快速升级，航运业受到了巨大冲击。许多人不得不根据事态发展，重新审视他们的合同义务。本文将着重关注不可抗力条款在新冠病毒疫情背景下的适用情况。 2020 年1 月30 日，世界卫生组织宣布新型冠状病毒疫情构成国际关注的突发公共卫生事件。2020 年3 月11…

On 24th June 2020, OFAC added five Iranian tanker captains to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, for delivering approximately 1.5 million barrels of Iranian gasoline to Venezuela. The…

新冠病毒疫情和不安全港口 船上出现新冠病毒对船员的安全和船舶的航贸能力都构成严重威胁，这已经是显而易见的事实。这是否意味着受疫情影响的港口都是不安全的？答案若是肯定的，那么船东和租家又该如何应对？ …

新冠病毒对定期租船合同下租金支付义务的影响 …

The increased use of very low sulphur fuel oil (“VLSFO”) following the new MARPOL sulphur regulations has brought with it a number of challenges for ship owners. One such challenge is how best to…

The facts of the case were rather unusual. Having loaded a cargo of containers at Yokohama, Japan the charterer instructed the TS SINGAPORE to proceed to Shanghai. However, the ship then collided…

At the time of the incident the ship was under a voyage charter to the refinery which owned the jetty. This charter was subject to English law and a London arbitration clause. The refinery brought…

What then does South Africa offer claimants wanting to enforce or obtain security for maritime claims? Whilst an arrest can be made to found jurisdiction either for an action in rem against the ship,…

The majority of piracy related enquires concern whether in the current climate a ship is obliged to transit the Gulf of Aden. The starting point for any discussion is the terms of the governing…