Cargo-vessel recycling surges amid overcapacity and tumbling freight rates By COSTAS PARIS Up until a year ago, the shipping industry was ordering ships in droves. This year,… Read more “Economic Slump Sends Big Ships to Scrap Heap”
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The Law Of Arrest In UAE Shipping Matters
Home to one of the biggest ports in the world, the UAE is an integral shipping hub in the global trading ecosystem. While shipping law can be… Read more “The Law Of Arrest In UAE Shipping Matters”
How the Marshall Islands became a top U.S. crude export destination
By Henning Gloystein Best known for diving, lagoons and the island that gave the world the name for the bikini swimsuit, the Marshall Islands is now gaining… Read more “How the Marshall Islands became a top U.S. crude export destination”
Demurrage cannot last forever – but can go on for a bit longer.
MSC v Cottonex Anstalt was the case we reported last autumn about the containers of cotton that nobody came to collect from their discharge port in Bangladesh.… Read more “Demurrage cannot last forever – but can go on for a bit longer.”
Some more thoughts on Brexit, this time from Dewry: “What Brexit means for UK shipping”
The UK’s decision last month to leave the European Union will mean both positives and negatives. But there are more “unknowns” than “knowns” for UK maritime trade… Read more “Some more thoughts on Brexit, this time from Dewry: “What Brexit means for UK shipping””
Common sense on limitation
Some robust old-fashioned common sense on limitation from Lord Clarke in the Privy Council today. In BORCO v The Cape Bari [2016] UKPC 20 the Cape Bari,… Read more “Common sense on limitation”
What Brexit could mean for Spain’s shipping industry
A very good overview of what Brexit will mean for the Spanish (as well as other EU countries’) shipping industry is found in the latest Garrigues’ Transport… Read more “What Brexit could mean for Spain’s shipping industry”
Shipping Law and ‘that referendum’. Part Two. Regulations.
With the repeal of the European Communities Act 1972, EU Regulations will cease to be part of UK law. There are three important Regulations of concern to… Read more “Shipping Law and ‘that referendum’. Part Two. Regulations.”
Third party claims against insurers
The Institute of International Shipping & Trade Law (IISTL) Blog The venerable Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 1930 was meant to be suppressed no less than… Read more “Third party claims against insurers”
Fraud and continuing contracts
The Institute of International Shipping & Trade Law (IISTL) Blog Imagine I contract to buy goods or assets of a given description or quality from you over… Read more “Fraud and continuing contracts”
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