Welcome back to our new series of ‘back to basics’ blogs in which we will provide blogs focused on common legal issues. This blog post...
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2020 has presented a number of challenges to the shipping industry, certainly none more so than the global pandemic which has...
Welcome to our new series of ‘back to basics’ blogs in which we will provide blogs focused on common legal issues. This blog post will...
Traditionally, the most common way of financing ships has been through debt and equity financing. However, over the past decade, ship...
On Monday, 21 September, the EU designated three companies involved in the transportation of goods for violating the UN arms embargo in...
Early results from our 2020 shipping survey – Navigating a post-COVID world indicate that industry participants believe more transparency...
Public today: an important judgment handed down by the English High Court this morning has re-opened the door to recovering damages in...
How will the shipping industry respond to the impact of COVID-19? We are conducting a short anonymous survey to discover what impact...
As the global economic recession grows, so does the number of vessel arrests by maritime creditors. We highlight below four trends...
On 9 July, governmental representatives of the UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Indonesia, Netherlands, Norway,...
The California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) has again proposed revisions to the State’s existing “Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth...
In Sea Master Shipping Inc v Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd & Yousef Freiha & Sons SA [2020] EWHC 2030, Owners, in a situation where...
Companies reliant upon the use of rail services and commercial harbor craft at California’s ports should be interested in the State’s:...
Recently, Lloyd’s Maritime Law Newsletter reported on a recent arbitration award in which Reed Smith acted, regarding the requirements...
The English Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Lamesa Investments Limited v. Cynergy Bank Limited [2020] EWCA Civ 821 on...
In these unprecedented times of global shutdown, the shipping industry has been forced to move rapidly into the digital age. Vessels...