Regulatory

M-info

Blogs on maritime case law and a few other things

Sep 10, 2023
2 min

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?...

Mar 29, 2022
4 min

GHG

What is CII all about?

EEXI is the ticket to the game, while CII is all about playing the game. Either win or try to survive. A loss would mean your ship can't...

Mar 27, 2022
3 min

GHG

IMO's EEXI regulations

During the recently concluded Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 75) meeting in November, IMO has duly approved the amendments...

Mar 27, 2022
4 min

GHG

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) framework in Shipping

ESG framework is the broad concept that covers the Environmental, Social, and Governance practices of an organization. In the past year,...

Mar 26, 2022
2 min

MARPOL / pollution

Prosecution in US for MARPOL violations

In the last 2 months there have been 2 cases related to MARPOL Annex I violations in US where the Chief Engineers have argued that they...

Mar 26, 2022
2 min

Crew / people related

Safe manning documents

Do safe manning documents account for onboard realities to accurately reflect the minimum number of seafarers required on a ship? Often,...

Oct 15, 2021
1 min

Navigation

Vessels Restricted in Ability to Manoeuvre (RAM)

A vessel that is ‘restricted in her ability to maneuver’ (RAM) enjoys certain privileges, for eg. those mentioned in Rule 18 of COLREGS....

Sep 15, 2021
2 min

CLC

Applicability of CLC 92

Tankers carrying more than 2,000 t of persistent oil as cargo are required to maintain insurance as per CLC 92. This is to ensure that...

Dec 31, 2020
1 min

Americas

MARPOL violations in US

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

Dec 31, 2020
1 min

MLC

Crew wages, MLC and AMSA

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...

May 19, 2019
1 min

Regulatory

Disposal of waste generated on a container ship following a cargo fire

Handling the waste generated onboard a box ship following a fire is not easy - as it will normally contain tonnes of fire fighting water...

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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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