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Maritime lien for physical bunker suppliers (OW bunkers saga)
Following the financial collapse of OW Bunkers, the physical suppliers of ship bunkers have been threatening to or arresting vessels to...
Nov 25, 20181 min read
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Detained by USCG for bypassing OWS - owners claiming for unreasonable delay to ship's departure
In The Antonis G. Pappadakis [2018], ship owner tried claiming damages from USCG for unreasonable departure delay after the vessel which...
Nov 18, 20181 min read
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Climate change - litigation against States not that uncommon
A Dutch appeals court in its landmark (and highly progressive) ruling on climate change, made a subtle yet important reference (which...
Nov 11, 20181 min read
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Governing contractual document between owners & charterers if carrying vessel is substituted - B/L?
If ship-owners exercise their right to substitute the carrying vessel, and the new vessel belongs to a different owner, then which...
Nov 11, 20181 min read
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Injured seafarers and ambulance chasing lawyers
Seafarers who have been injured onboard a ship are often lured by ambulance chasing lawyers into bringing a lawsuit against the ship...
Nov 4, 20181 min read
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Lost lifeboat. Can owners deduct the costs from ship manager's fee?
One for ship-owners and ship-managers - vessel lost its lifeboat at sea sometime after the end of normal working hours. Crew noticed it...
Nov 4, 20181 min read
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Due diligence, SMS & insurance claims
The DC Merwestone made headlines in 2016 for court’s decision that when an insured employs a fraudulent device to advance an otherwise...
Nov 4, 20181 min read
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'Pay to be paid' principle of P&I Clubs
Can a P&I Club's 'pay to be paid' principle be circumvented? This was the question before a Brazil appeals court last month. The claim...
Nov 4, 20181 min read
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Check who is the 'agent of the ship' before serving summons
Can local agents (appointed for previous voyages) and P&I Correspondents be considered as the ‘agent of the ship’ for the purposes of...
Nov 4, 20181 min read
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An offshore supply vessel using a towfish - is a towing vessel? (Tesla's involved too!)
Every now and then courts have had to decide whether a particular water craft is a ‘ship’/vessel under the relevant maritime statute....
Oct 28, 20181 min read
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Seaworthiness & acts / omissions of Technical Superintendents
Can a failure to supply necessary spares for ME maintenance result in the carrier losing out on the defense under Art.4(1) of Hague...
Oct 28, 20181 min read
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A NVOCC cannot be 'the carrier'
To what extent realistically can NVOCCs undertake the traditional responsibilities of a carrier, and can a claim stemming from delay of...
Oct 21, 20181 min read
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Cruise ships, high sulphur in bunkers & EU Directive (2012/33)
Master of cruise ship 'Azura' being fined €100,000 by a French court last week for violating EU air pollution laws - breaching bunker oil...
Oct 21, 20181 min read
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‘Management of ship’ and ‘management of cargo’ are not the same
As regards duty of the master for the purposes of Hague rules defence available to ship owners for loss/damage caused by errors in...
Oct 21, 20181 min read
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Capesize bulker awarded for salvage of a smaller general cargo vessel
When a judgement starts like this: “The mythological Norse god, Thor, wielded a hammer and…was associated with…thunder, lightning and...
Oct 7, 20181 min read
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