COVID-19: Issues under Shipping Contracts 2 April 2020
In this article, we outline some of the key issues affecting a variety of shipping contracts in light of COVID-19.
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WFW advises Grindrod Shipping on dual listing 4 July 2018
We advised Grindrod Shipping Holdings, the shipping arm of South African transportation and logistics provider Grindrod, on its spin-off from its parent and its US$320m primary listing on NASDAQ and secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
An introduction to non-payment insurance in the shipping industry 13 January 2026
An introduction to non-payment insurance in the shipping industry.
Collaboration is key – ESG focussed joint ventures are on the rise in shipping 30 March 2023
On 23 March 2023, we published part two of ‘The Sustainability Imperative’. One of the key findings in the follow-up report is that shipowners have become more collaborative. In 2021, two-thirds said they would like to form partnerships to pursue innovation. Now, 56% are already in an ESG-linked tie-up.
US Sanctions COSCO: Effects on the Shipping Community 26 September 2019
COSCO Tanker and COSCO Shipping Tanker (Dalian) Seaman and Ship Management Co., as well as four other Chinese companies, have been placed on the list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control. This article looks into the effects of these sanctions.
WFW advises MPC Container Ships ASA on acquisition of Cido Shipping’s container ship fleet 22 February 2018
We are delighted to have advised MPC Container Ships ASA on this benchmark transaction which is of strategic importance for our client.
WFW advises portfoliomanagement on part sale of residual shipping loan portfolio 25 February 2022
Watson Farley & Williams has advised portfoliomanagement, the winding-up agency of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein, on the due diligence for the sale of a number of vessels that are part of its remaining shipping loan portfolio to a bidding consortium comprising the Bank of America and Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP.
Prominent Chinese Shipping Companies Added to US “Non-blacklist” 13 January 2025
The outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden added several prominent Chinese companies to a list of “Chinese military companies” maintained by the Department of Defense.
“Splitting the Steel” in Shipping Joint Venture Agreements 9 April 2021
Ship-owning joint ventures are a common occurrence in today’s market. This article explores the “Steel Split”, a mechanism that is somewhat unique to maritime joint venture documents.
A year in shipping: 2020 21 December 2020
Italy Partner Furio Samela has written a feature piece on Italy’s shipping finance market for online Italian magazine Shipping Italy as part of the publication’s overview of the industry over past year.
WFW advises Macquarie Bank on first of its kind shipping loan/lease securitisation for Fleetscape 15 February 2021
Securitisation principles and certain structuring efficiencies were utilised to enable Fleetscape to offer sale-and-leaseback or unitranche financing on highly competitive terms.
Enforcing foreign arbitral awards: When does ratifying a treaty constitute a waiver of foreign state immunity? 12 March 2025
A recent decision has widened the scope for state entities to rely on foreign state immunity to resist enforcement of arbitral awards in Australia.
