We will be offering a series of webinars looking at some of the notable issues shipowners and operators face in the near to medium term; with insight from our leading experts on a sustainable future for maritime and the trends, challenges and opportunities evident and expected within the industry.
The UK Court of Appeal held that the one-year time bar for claims under the Hague-Visby Rules applies to claims for misdelivery, even if said misdelivery occurred after discharge.
The proceeds from the new loan facility will refinance other loans with an aggregate outstanding amount of approximately US$87m.
In this client alert, we summarise the amendments made by The Republic of Liberia to the Liberian Maritime Law and Liberian Maritime Regulations with respect to ship mortgages.
On 17 November 2022 Bimco unveiled its long-awaited CII Operations Clause for Time Charter Parties. This article explores what the clause does and doesn’t achieve.
In this article we summarise the CII framework, explain where this fits in the wider IMO decarbonisation agenda and ask whether CII can really work and survive in its current form.
In our breakfast talk, speakers from different areas of the shipping industry will provide you with their view on the upcoming changes and invite you to discuss on how to best prepare your business.
In the second part of our series of articles on offshore wind and the maritime sector, London Partners Richard Smith explore the financing and bankability of offshore wind installation vessels.
We offered a series of webinars looking at some of the notable issues shipowners and operators face in the near to medium term, with insight from our leading experts in issues of maritime environmental, tax and employment law.
We are pleased to announce that Sovcomflot’s US$550m Initial Public Offering on which we acted as maritime counsel won the ‘Deal of the Year’ Editorial Choice Award at the 2021 Seatrade Maritime Awards.
A number of important governance, accounting and commercial considerations that any privately-held shipowner pursuing an IPO or looking to issue bonds for the first time should bear in mind.
In a recent judgment of the English Commercial Court, The M/V Smart , which will be welcomed by owners, Mr Justice Butcher held that a shipowner could demand direct payment of freight under a bill of lading even though the bill of lading stated that the freight was payable “as per charterparty” and the vessel’s time charterer was not in default.
