Under English law there is no maritime lien for bunkers supplied whereas under US law it is the opposite. What if the bunker contract is...

Breaching the UKC policy for commercial reasons is a calculated risk taken frequently. Sometimes the safety margins are however just too...

If a vessel is quarantined due to a COVID positive case onboard then who bears the risk? Charterers would want to put the vessel off-hire...

Voyage charterparties normally specify how many safe ports/berths charterers can ask the vessel to proceed to. If the vessel needs to...

Vessels being put off-hire for cargo holds failing inspection at the load port is not that uncommon. But what if charterers make it clear...

C/P clauses entitling owners to deviate for crew change were and perhaps still are necessary. What if after carrying out the crew change,...

If laytime is exceeded, demurrage kicks in to compensate a shipowner for the loss of prospective freight earnings. But is that all...

Charterparties usually allow charterers to deduct hire for vessel’s underperformance, but are they entitled to cancel a C/P for...

It’s not often we see courts looking at the technicalities of calculating under keel clearance (UKC) in great detail. The Arklow Valour...

What do you do as a shipowner if OFAC applies sanctions to charterers by adding them to the SDN list during the currency of C/P? Do you...

If a ship is suitably equipped to safely navigate and is manned by competent crew, then can the crew’s failure to properly plan a passage...

An interesting one for those in commercial operations. What time zone should be used to determine whether a demurrage claim is time...