Just as there is no easy route to decarbonisation, there is no straightforward way of balancing a shipowner’s obligation to comply with...
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There have been several decisions in 2022 about carrier’s defences to misdelivery claims under bills of lading. Carriers face misdelivery...
With thanks also to Counsel, Charles Holroyd at 7KBW. In DHL Project & Chartering Ltd v. Gemini Ocean Shipping Co Ltd 2022-000247 [EWCA],...
The question of whether demurrage liquidates all or just some of the damages arising from a charterer’s breach in failing to complete...
It is settled law that a carrier who delivers goods without production of the bill of lading is typically liable for any consequential...
“It is good that I make you build, of this ship which shall sail on the sea, the hull, the decks and the mast, and then on a sunny day,...
Pacific Pearl Co Limited v Osios David Shipping Inc [2022] EWCA Civ 798 The Court of Appeal (“CA”) has overturned the decision of Justice...
On June 3, 2022, the European Union Council adopted a sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which will phase-out the import of...
In our October 2021 blog “Possession as we (don’t) know it!”, we discussed the existing position under English law in respect of...
The COVID pandemic has impacted nearly every aspect of global commerce, and the shipping industry is no exception having experienced...
In DHL Project & Chartering Ltd v. Gemini Ocean Shipping Co Ltd [2022] EWHC 181 (Comm), DHL (“Charterers”) succeeded in an application...
In light of the unprecedented challenges faced by the shipping industry in recent years, BIMCO has recently released its long-awaited...