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Under keel clearance & role of port / pilot
It’s not often we see courts looking at the technicalities of calculating under keel clearance (UKC) in great detail. The Arklow Valour...
Mar 26, 20222 min read
COVID, UNCLOS & International Health Regulations (IHR)
Are States in breach of UNCLOS and IHR when they impose restrictions on vessels preventing them from entering its ports because of...
Mar 26, 20221 min read
COVID & Off-hire - Pilot's refusal to have his body temp. measured
Most onboard COVID-19 protocols require the seafarers to implement certain measures before allowing 3rd parties onboard. One of the...
Mar 26, 20221 min read
Delays due to COVID & offhire
If a ship is held by quarantine officers because a crew member is suspected of being COVID positive then the risk of delay falls on...
Mar 26, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
Is a time charterer responsible for ship's technical management?
Notwithstanding that a time charterer has little or no say in the way a vessel is technically managed, can it be found liable for...
Mar 26, 20222 min read
OFAC sanctions and payment of charter hire
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...
Mar 26, 20221 min read
Safe manning documents
Do safe manning documents account for onboard realities to accurately reflect the minimum number of seafarers required on a ship? Often,...
Mar 26, 20222 min read
Passage planning & seaworthiness
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...
Dec 1, 20212 min read
Demurrage, time bars and time zones
An interesting one for those in commercial operations. What time zone should be used to determine whether a demurrage claim is time...
Nov 30, 20212 min read
Notice of Readiness (NOR) and what is an 'arrived ship'
Can charterer’s obligation to provide for a berth upon vessel’s arrival be triggered without the Master tendering notice of readiness?...
Nov 18, 20212 min read
Letters of Credit, Bank's duties & UCP 500
In international trade, a Letter of Credit (LOC) is used to negate the risk of non-payment for goods by the buyer to the seller. Release...
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Collision, set-off and time bar
In ship collision cases, single liability principle is understood as being a form of set off because of the way calculations are done in...
Oct 31, 20211 min read
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....
Oct 15, 20211 min read
Baltic Exchange changing its benchmark vessel impacts hire payment?
If the Baltic Exchange alters the published rate scheme by changing the benchmark vessel during the currency of charter then hire...
Sep 26, 20211 min read
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