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PSC - New Zealand - Introduction of Biofouling Standards As from May 2018, it will be compulsory for vessels calling at ports in New Zealand to comply with the Craft Risk Management Standard (CRMS)…

Qatar - Time Bars As far as we are aware Qatar has neither ratified the 1976 Convention of Liability for Maritime Claims. The State of Qatar has however enacted Law No.15 which is the Qatar Maritime…

QCR Autumn 2017: A case offering additional guidance on the application of the ICA

QCR Autumn 2017: A case which may impact upon shipowners' liability for doctors instructed to carry out Pre-employment Medical Examinations, and for doctors onboard their ships.

QCR Autumn 2017: When is a salvage operation considered to have been terminated for the purpose of Article 23 of the Salvage Convention? Facts The claimant was a diver who had recovered various…

QCR Autumn 2018: Brussels I: Jurisdiction for Multimodal Carriage Zurich Insurance Plc And Another V Abnormal Load Services (International) Ltd - Case C-88/17, Court of Justice of the European Union,…

QCR Autumn 2018: Carriage of Goods by Sea Fehn Schiffahrts Gmbh & Co Kg v Romani spa (The "Fehn Heaven") - [2018] EWHC 1606 (Comm) Facts The Owners of the vessel, Fehn (“Owners”) voyaged…

QCR Autumn 2018: Contractually agreed time bars in a charterparty chain will be strictly enforced P V Q; Q V R; R V S [2018] EWHC 1399 (Comm) Facts This case concerned a chain of back-to-back…

QCR Autumn 2018: EU law - When can a coastal State instigate proceedings against a foreign vessel that is the source of an oil spill in the coastal State's exclusive economic zone (EEZ)

QCR Autumn 2018: Singapore Court of Appeal departs from long line of authorities - Merits of defence no longer relevant in deciding whether proceedings should be stayed to give effect to exclusive…