Collisions and available forums for bringing claims – The Al Khattiya [2018] provides useful guidance. The defendant’s vessel collided...

Does the one yr time bar in Hague rules apply to ‘misdelivery’ claims? What if the claimant commences proceedings in a foreign court in...

Dragging & fouling of anchors, involuntary towage, and multiple collisions in crowded Singapore waters – The Tian E Zhou [2018] had it...

It is not often that Safety Management System of a shipping company is scrutinized by court. Surprisingly there have been two cases in...

Collapse of OW bunkers has had a ripple effect and led to a lot of difficulties for shipowners in various jurisdictions. There were...

A US court was recently faced with a novel question – should an assisting tug be considered as part of lead tug’s ‘TOW’. In The Miss...

NYPE Inter Club Agreement makes charterer 100% liable for claims arising out of ‘loading, stowage, lashing, discharge and storage’ unless...

Unsuspecting vessels are commonly used for smuggling drugs out of Venezuela. The most commonly used methods is to attach the drugs onto...

A case from 1970s, The Corinthian Glory provides some explanation. (caution: case is quite fact specific). Charterers took delivery of...

All Risk Marine policy doesn't really provide cover for all kinds of contingencies. In a recent case Englehart CTP v Lloyd’s Syndicate...

Can a B/L holder, as receiver of damaged goods claim against shipowners (the carrier), even though the voyage charterers (as CIF sellers)...

Jurists and chartering professionals often rely on the highly acclaimed ‘Time Charters’ and ‘Voyage Charters’ publications for guidance...