The background to these measures stems from a petition brought by five labour unions in the US who complained of unfair practices by China in the maritime sector which they believed posed a discriminatory threat to US commerce.
In this article, Natalie Jensen and Emma James discuss the implications of the Admiralty Court decision in The X-Press Pearl [2024] EWHC 3174 (Admty).
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 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.
This article examines a recent UK Admiralty Court decision, in which we acted for the successful shipowner, on ship arrests for claims against bareboat charterers.
