Ship owners face significant hurdles in proving that defective bunkers caused engine damage. To successfully file a claim, they must...

Container vessels colliding with gantry cranes can result in significant costs. While vessel negligence is often assumed in such cases,...

In The Yochow [2024] , the helmsman made two steering errors in quick succession while under pilotage. The second error resulted in a...

What is the role of tugs when assisting vessels in berthing and unberthing? If they notice an emergency situation developing, should they...

Used cars present an elevated fire risk. In the event of a fire originating from such a vehicle on board a ship, can the shipper be held...

Who is liable when a dangerous cargo shipment explodes during the voyage, the carrier or the shipper? This question becomes particularly...

Does Admiralty jurisdiction extend to a vessel that has been beached? In The Kelsie [2024], the charterers were looking to arrest the...

The Win Win [2024] joins The Afra Oak [2023] as another case involving ship arrest by Indonesian navy for illegal anchoring. In this...

A few months ago, the Rotterdam District Court fined a Director of a shipping company for breaching the European Waste Shipment...

A ship – we all know it when we see one, but we can’t really define it. That is perhaps the only right answer to the deceptively simple...

Over the past years many vessels have been detained by Indonesian or Malaysian navies for anchoring in their waters without permission....

Claiming against the suppliers for off-spec bunkers is difficult and more often than not, owners are on the back foot in such disputes...

During Covid, there were several instances where the vessels suffered delays until they could provide evidence to the authorities showing...

Can a Master be personally held liable for IMDG segregation conflicts arising due to an error in the software used onboard for DG checks?...

Classification societies provide a system of assurance for the insurers. Hull policies are often subject to the vessels maintaining...

Bunker quality disputes happen for a number of reasons, one of which is lack of clarity over which version of ISO 8217 applies given the...

B/Ls for reefer containers usually mention the set point to be maintained by the carrier during transit. What if it only mentions ‘frozen...

Hull fouling clauses in charterparties often state that ‘underwater cleaning of hull is always at charterers' time and expense’. What is...

There are a few ports around the world where both pilot cutters (serving as watch accommodation for pilots) and pilot boats (for...

Wash damage can cause vessels to break from their moorings, but how about damage caused by the suction effect during low water created by...

In the context of containerized cargoes, it is important to know what constitutes a ‘package’ for limitation purposes under the...

US is one place that follows a strict deterrence model for environment-related violations by vessels visiting its ports. Besides being...

Whether a shipowner has to establish a single limitation fund or more to meet all claims arising following an incident depends on whether...

Vessels occasionally use local paper charts when entering & leaving ports instead of charts issued by BA or other agencies, for reasons...