Can deviating to pick up a crew member to comply with SMC (Safe Manning Certificate), be considered as ‘deviating for reasonable...

There is no natural forum for a collision case and this can lead to multiplicity in proceedings as was seen most recently in The Sanchi....

Following the financial collapse of OW Bunkers, the physical suppliers of ship bunkers have been threatening to or arresting vessels to...

In The Antonis G. Pappadakis [2018], ship owner tried claiming damages from USCG for unreasonable departure delay after the vessel which...

A Dutch appeals court in its landmark (and highly progressive) ruling on climate change, made a subtle yet important reference (which...

If ship-owners exercise their right to substitute the carrying vessel, and the new vessel belongs to a different owner, then which...

Seafarers who have been injured onboard a ship are often lured by ambulance chasing lawyers into bringing a lawsuit against the ship...

The DC Merwestone made headlines in 2016 for court’s decision that when an insured employs a fraudulent device to advance an otherwise...

Can a P&I Club's 'pay to be paid' principle be circumvented? This was the question before a Brazil appeals court last month. The claim...

Can local agents (appointed for previous voyages) and P&I Correspondents be considered as the ‘agent of the ship’ for the purposes of...

Every now and then courts have had to decide whether a particular water craft is a ‘ship’/vessel under the relevant maritime statute....

Can a failure to supply necessary spares for ME maintenance result in the carrier losing out on the defense under Art.4(1) of Hague...