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Hapag-Lloyd AG v. Skyros Maritime Corporation and Agios Minas Shipping Company [2024] EWHC 3139 (Comm) In a significant new case, the UK...
This case illustrates the complex relationship that can exist between proceedings brought against two different sea carriers arising out...
This article was originally published on Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly and is republished with permission.In the latest...
Trading companies that seek to insulate their shipping risk by allocating their chartering activities to a separate entity will be...
Despite living in an age of instantaneous correspondence and fast contractual negotiations, parties may still assume that promises as...
Despite living in an age of instantaneous correspondence and fast contractual negotiations, parties may still assume that promises as...
Richard Gunn, the leading partner in Reed Smith’s Casualty and Admiralty team, sheds light on the intricacies of salvage operations...
The question of whether demurrage liquidates all or just some of the damages arising from a charterer’s breach in failing to complete...
Introduction In Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) Pt Pertamina v Trevaskis Ltd and Others [2023] HKCFA 5, the Appeal Committee of the Court...
Can Charterers withhold hire without Owners’ consent, even if the vessel was off hire on the hire due date and where they had agreed...
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...
Pacific Pearl Co Limited v Osios David Shipping Inc [2022] EWCA Civ 798 The Court of Appeal (“CA”) has overturned the decision of Justice...