The Role of Tugs in Vessel Berthing and Unberthing: The Aframax River Incident
What is the role of tugs when assisting vessels in berthing and unberthing? If they notice an emergency situation developing, should they...
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Jul 271 min
Used Cars Ignite Liability Debate: Insights from The Honor Case
Used cars present an elevated fire risk. In the event of a fire originating from such a vehicle on board a ship, can the shipper be held...
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Jun 292 min
Explosive Cargo, Divided Blame: Who Pays When a Shipment Goes Up in Flames?
Who is liable when a dangerous cargo shipment explodes during the voyage, the carrier or the shipper? This question becomes particularly...
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May 262 min
From Ship to Scrap: When does Admiralty Jurisdiction end?
Does Admiralty jurisdiction extend to a vessel that has been beached? In The Kelsie [2024], the charterers were looking to arrest the...
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Apr 52 min
Arrest by Indonesian navy for illegal anchoring leads to a constructive total loss claim under the war risk policy
The Win Win [2024] joins The Afra Oak [2023] as another case involving ship arrest by Indonesian navy for illegal anchoring. In this...
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Feb 42 min
Ship scrapping & EWSR
A few months ago, the Rotterdam District Court fined a Director of a shipping company for breaching the European Waste Shipment...
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Jan 12 min
What makes a vessel a “ship” for the purposes of validly invoking the court’s admiralty jurisdiction?
A ship – we all know it when we see one, but we can’t really define it. That is perhaps the only right answer to the deceptively simple...
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Nov 26, 20232 min
Detention for anchoring in Spore OPL without permission from local authorities - who bears the loss?
Over the past years many vessels have been detained by Indonesian or Malaysian navies for anchoring in their waters without permission....
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Nov 5, 20231 min
Bunker quality disputes - Advantage suppliers. Always!
Claiming against the suppliers for off-spec bunkers is difficult and more often than not, owners are on the back foot in such disputes...
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Sep 30, 20232 min
Covid-19 and off hire
During Covid, there were several instances where the vessels suffered delays until they could provide evidence to the authorities showing...
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Sep 10, 20232 min
Segregation of dangerous goods under the IMDG Code and Master’s personal liability for violations
Can a Master be personally held liable for IMDG segregation conflicts arising due to an error in the software used onboard for DG checks?...
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Aug 20, 20232 min
Hull insurance and Class rules
Classification societies provide a system of assurance for the insurers. Hull policies are often subject to the vessels maintaining...
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Jul 30, 20231 min
ISO 8217: its many versions and variances in Table 2 parameters
Bunker quality disputes happen for a number of reasons, one of which is lack of clarity over which version of ISO 8217 applies given the...
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Jul 16, 20232 min
'Frozen seafood' cargo. No set point in B/L. Reefer is not connected. Cargo damaged. Who's to blame?
B/Ls for reefer containers usually mention the set point to be maintained by the carrier during transit. What if it only mentions ‘frozen...
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Jul 9, 20232 min
Hull cleaning by owners after redelivery - at charterers' time & expense?
Hull fouling clauses in charterparties often state that ‘underwater cleaning of hull is always at charterers' time and expense’. What is...
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