Can a general indemnity be implied in a voyage charter when a clean B/L is issued for goods which were infact loaded in a pre-damaged...

Containers are used to ship goods worth millions. Cargo owners may find it harsh that often they might not be able to recover more than...

Can suppliers of marine spare parts rely on the contractual limitation of liability? Well, it depends a lot on the law of the place where...

Hague Visby rules or CMR, which one is applicable when unauthorized truckers whisk away containers from the terminal by using stolen pick...

Altering the standard C/P forms and not having the charters on back to back terms may result in unexpected consequences. In The Alpha...

The Creola [2019], a case of a grounded yacht focused on some interesting aspects of marine insurance law. After being abandoned, it was...

Every now and then courts are faced with the question whether a particular watercraft is a vessel/ship or not, which btw is no easy task....

Engaging in coastal trading could expose a foreign flagged vessel to a variety of local laws and it is upto the owners to appraise...

Following a collision between ships - even after getting the apportionment heavily in one's favor, claiming for losses sustained may not...

When Hanjin Shipping collapsed in 2016, the creditors, foreseeing sale of Hanjin fleet, scrambled to have writs of ship arrest issued in...

Every commercial contract is bound to have some sort of a limitation cl. incorporated. Some are quite wide as in The Triumphant Lady...

Banks when playing their part in financing international trade do also become holders of B/Ls at some stage which gives them rights of...