Bosphorus Queen Shipping Ltd Corp v Rajavartiolaitos (The "Bosphorus Queen") - Case C-15/17, Court of Justice of the European Union, 11 July 2018
Glencore Agriculture BV v Navig8 Chemicals Pool Inc [2018] EWCA Civ 1901 on August 21st, 2018
Bou Simon v BGC Brokers LLP [2018] EWCA 1525 (Civ): The Court of Appeal provides more guidance on implied terms, hindsight not to be applied to imply a term
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)
Zurich Insurance Plc And Another V Abnormal Load Services (International) Ltd - Case C-88/17, Court of Justice of the European Union, 11 July 2018
Force majeure - Need for causal link between the force majeure event and the cancellation of the contract - Reasonable endeavours obligation
Get insights into the NatWest Markets plc v Stallion Eight Shipping Co SA (The Alkyon) case
Members' attention is drawn to an Advisory to the Maritime Petroleum Shipping Community issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control ("OFAC") on November 20, 2018 setting forth a strong warning against transporting petroleum to the Syrian Government. This Advisory has been received from U.S. Lawyers, Freehill, Hogan and Mahar.
The UK Club has received the following update from Turkish lawyers, Ersoy Bilgehan, regarding ship recycling plans under the Hong Kong convention.
After discharging a cargo of naphtha, the vessel was then fixed to load gas oil, in preparation for which, all cargo tanks and lines were washed with fresh water and stripped dry.
The USCG has issued a new Port Security Advisory (PSA) announcing the imposition of Conditions of Entry on certain vessels arriving from Iraq.
The Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) issued updated interim guidelines governing the navigation, mooring, and operations of ships in the Shanghai port.
IG - PSC - Shanghai will implement ECA requirements on navigating ships as of 1st Oct 2018
03/10/2018
Stay informed about the ECA requirements for navigating ships in Shanghai Port effective from October 1, 2018
The International Chamber of Shipping have produced a guide aimed at Shipping Companies and Crews on preparing for compliance with the 2020 'Global Sulphur Cap'.
The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017 (The Admiralty Act) came into force in India on the 1st April 2018
Vessels entering Suzhou and Nantong ECA Area in Yangtze River Delta ECA to use fuel with sulphur content not exceeding 0.5% m/m as from 1 October 2018
Ships in respect of which claims have been filed can be sought in the attached pdf document.
Review of cabotage in Australia
06/09/2018
Alistair Sullivan of Thomas Miller Law provides an overview on the current position on cabotage trading in Australia.
Vessels in Yangtze River Delta ECA to use fuel with sulphur content not exceeding 0.5% m/m as from 1 October 2018.