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Blogs on maritime case law and a few other things

Jun 292 min read

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...

Feb 42 min read

Scrapping

Ship scrapping & EWSR

A few months ago, the Rotterdam District Court fined a Director of a shipping company for breaching the European Waste Shipment...

Nov 5, 20231 min read

Bunkers

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...

Sep 10, 20232 min read

Crew / people related

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?...

Jul 16, 20232 min read

Cargo claims

'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...

Jul 1, 20232 min read

Navigation

'Perception of pilotage' leads to a collision. Who's to blame?

There are a few ports around the world where both pilot cutters (serving as watch accommodation for pilots) and pilot boats (for...

May 21, 20232 min read

Navigation

Passing vessel blamed 100% for collision caused in locks by the suction effect of the water

Wash damage can cause vessels to break from their moorings, but how about damage caused by the suction effect during low water created by...

May 14, 20232 min read

Hague Visby

The Danish take on what is a 'package' under Hague-Visby Rules

In the context of containerized cargoes, it is important to know what constitutes a ‘package’ for limitation purposes under the...

Apr 2, 20232 min read

Limitation of liability

Limiting liability and 'any distinction occasion' under LLMC'76

Whether a shipowner has to establish a single limitation fund or more to meet all claims arising following an incident depends on whether...

Feb 26, 20232 min read

Time charter

Division of responsibilities related to cargo operations between charterers and owners

In dry trade it is common to see C/P clauses where all aspects of cargo operations are carried out under Master’s supervision but under...

Jan 16, 20232 min read

Hague Visby

Fire due to cargo misdeclaration – can the carrier rely on the ‘fire’ exception in the HVR?

Over the past few years, the word ‘fire’ has become synonymous with ‘containers’. Today, a lot is expected from carriers, especially in...

Oct 8, 20222 min read

UNCLOS

Powers and responsibilities of coastal / port states

Three interesting decisions by the courts on powers and responsibilities of coastal or port states. First was on jurisdiction of coastal...

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M-info

Blogs on maritime case law and a few other things

Contributors:

Siddharth Mahajan

Nishant Dhyani

Views expressed by the authors are their own and not that of the organization they work for.

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