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Article 2 mar 2020
Coronavirus charterparty briefing – Q&A
We answer some of the immediate questions which may arise under charterparties and contracts of carriage subject to English law following the outbreak of COVID-19.
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Article 12 dez 2019
Sanctions update – US imposes sanctions on Ventspils
On Monday, 9 December, the US imposed sanctions imposed on Ventspils Freeport Authority - a by-product of sanctions imposed on the primary target Aivars Lembergs, a Latvian oligarch and mayor of Ventspils. Lembergs is said by the US authorities to own or control the VFA (and three other Latvian entities that also had sanctions imposed on them).
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Article 12 dez 2019
What’s all the smell about? IMO’s 2020 sulphur regulation changes are about to kick in: charterparty implications
There are going to be significant changes to the shipping world by way of the IMO sulphur limit in marine fuels (IMO 2020) with new regulations coming into force on 1 January 2020.
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Article 11 dez 2019
Marine Brief: latest decisions December 2019
In this briefing we consider some recent decisions addressing issues including establishing the cause of damage to perishable cargo, actionable fault under the York-Antwerp rules, cancellation of seemingly back to back voyage charterparties, the Brillante Virtuoso and duty of fair presentation under the Insurance Act 2015.
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Case review 10 dez 2019
The importance of establishing the cause of damage to perishable cargo
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Case review 5 dez 2019
Same, same… different: Charterparty terms considered in “The Alpha Harmony”
The Commercial Court heard two appeals from arbitration concerning the purported cancellation of two, seemingly, back to back voyage charterparties on the grounds that Notices of Readiness (NOR) were not provided in time.
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Article 2 dez 2019
Is your cargo safe on board an autonomous vessel?
Autonomous vessels and sailing has certainly grabbed many of the shipping – and even day-to-day – headlines in recent times.
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News 27 nov 2019
Adoption of fully automated shipping will take decades, not years
The UK is the second least supportive nation in their attitude towards the development of unmanned vessels, according to our study across six territories (United Kingdom, United States, Australia, China, Singapore and Hong Kong), and the least supportive of autonomous vehicles more generally.
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Article 23 jul 2019
'Silent cyber' – have you heard it?
Cyber risk insurance is generally available to cover organisations for first-party and third-party financial loss, disruption or damage to reputation resulting from some sort of failure of its technological systems (affirmative cover).
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Article 2 mai 2019
Marine Brief: latest decisions May 2019
In this briefing we consider some recent UK decisions addressing issues including: the construction of time charter clauses following capture by pirates; liability under Hague Visby for fire started deliberately; and defective passage planning and seaworthiness.