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...

There has always existed inherent tension in the relationship of responsibility between a ship master and pilot. Usually shipowners are...

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

Hull cleaning clauses or prolonged port stays clauses are fairly common in time charterparties. Cleaning of the hull is normally on...

Sluggish response to engine orders can get a ship into trouble, especially when there is a strong current. In the case of The American...

Do you recall the Houston bunkers saga from 2018-19? Hundreds of vessels experienced mechanical failures due to contaminated bunkers....

The doctrine of uberrimae fidei (utmost good faith) is an ancient one. Many countries have in the recent past moved away from it and...

If an FOB buyer makes a mickey mouse nomination, i.e. nominates a vessel that obviously cannot reach the load port in time, then is it a...

A bill of lading will generally state that the cargo has been "shipped in apparent good order and condition". But apparent to whom –...

In some states, like in the US, ‘bunkers’ are considered as ‘necessaries’ and an unpaid bunker supplier has a maritime lien against the...

Cyber risk space is quite new for most and very technical. Many businesses may not have a good grasp of the risk landscape resulting in...

Ship owners and certain other parties are entitled to limit their liability for maritime claims basis the vessel’s tonnage. In which...

What does the term OOS mean in C/P? Is it ‘owners option substitute’ giving owners a unilateral right to replace the first vessel; or ‘or...

It is usually the time charterer who provides and pays for port agents. But if the charterer goes bankrupt, then can the agent look...

Ship S&P agreements are usually subject to a vessel being “free of average damage affecting vessel’s class”. Not every kind of damage...