For a seafarer, claiming disability compensation can be a hard task. Its down to the terms in the employment contract and the judicial...

MARPOL violations, typically of Annex I, on high seas is not uncommon and one state that has been aggressively pursuing such is US....

AMSA is one of the few port state control authorities that comes down hard on ship owners who underpay its crew. Over the years many...

For lashing containers can the operators be strong armed into using stevedores and that too only those belonging to ITF-affiliated trade...

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

Amalgam of multiple issues such as piracy, seafarer employment contracts, CBAs, arrest of ship and sister ship – is what makes The...

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

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

Shipboard ‘rest & work hours’ is one of those (taboo) topics that has somehow avoided direct judicial confrontation. While breaches and...

HRA, IBF Extended Risk Area & JWC Listed areas in Indian Ocean were at the center of discussion in London Arbitration 13/18. First issue...