Members' attention is drawn to the attached update on the 2019 tariffs for pollution fines in Turkish waters
2019 Reinsurance Rates Announced
18/12/2018
The arrangements for the renewal of the International Group General Excess of Loss (GXL) reinsurance contract for 2019/20 have now been confirmed.
The third edition of "Guidelines on Cyber Security Onboard Ships" has recently been published to provide the maritime industry with updated and enhanced guidance on managing cyber related risks. The new version 3 addresses the requirement to incorporate cyber risks in the ship's Safety Management System and reflects a deeper experience with risk assessments of operational technology (OT) - such as navigational systems and engine controls. Additional guidance for dealing with the cyber risks to the ship arising from parties in the supply chain is also included.
Vinmar Overseas (Singapore) Pte Ltd v PTT International Trading Pte Ltd [2018] SGCA 65
London Arbitration 18/18 (2018) 1010 LMLN 2: Whether ICA 2011 had been incorporated in full into charterparty so as to require charterers to provide counter-security
China ECAs - Members are reminded that from 1 January, 2019, all seagoing ships sailing in Chinese territorial waters will need to use fuel with a sulphur content of no higher than 0.5% m/m
QCR Autumn 2018: Carriage of Goods by Sea
13/12/2018
Fehn Schiffahrts Gmbh & Co Kg v Romani spa (The "Fehn Heaven") - [2018] EWHC 1606 (Comm)
Bosphorus Queen Shipping Ltd Corp v Rajavartiolaitos (The "Bosphorus Queen") - Case C-15/17, Court of Justice of the European Union, 11 July 2018
DEEP SEA MARITIME LTD V MONJASA A/S (THE "ALHANI") [2018] EWHC 1495 (Comm)
QCR Autumn 2018: Contractually agreed time bars in a charterparty chain will be strictly enforced
12/12/2018
P V Q; Q V R; R V S [2018] EWHC 1399 (Comm)