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Following the advent of COVID-19, many ports have imposed quarantine restrictions on ships arriving from affected areas or with possible infection on-board. There have also been associated delays due…

The spread of COVID-19 throughout the world has the potential to endanger ships and crew. Already, many owners and charterers have experienced costs and delays, as well as more personal anxieties, as…

In the first two weeks of June, there were substantial developments in the US sanctions imposed against both Venezuela and Iran, highlighting again that international shipping remains a key focus for…

Rightship has just announced the impending launch in September, 2020 of their new ‘Safety Score’ system (and the demise of the ‘Qi’ – pronounced “key” - system). In doing so the world’s “largest…

On 18th June, 2020, OFAC added a further two tankers and their owners to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. The entities were designated pursuant to Executive Order (“EO”) 13850, which…

What is the ‘prevention principle’? The basis of the prevention principle is that a party to a contract cannot benefit from its own wrongdoing. In the construction context, this principle has become…

As governments world-wide have grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, implemented travel restrictions and increased border controls to insulate themselves from the risk of imported transmissions, the…

The Managers have received a number of queries arising from today’s announcement that UAE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen & Egypt have severed diplomatic ties with Qatar.  It has…

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