Marine Insurance Legal
Covering the latest law firm activity in the marine insurance sector.
- Knock-for-knock clauses and towage agreements: A Greek law perspective March 30, 2023Shipowners Club has produced an interesting legal article on how there are some specificities in Greek law when it comes to “knock-for-knock” clauses and towage .....
- Norway Supreme Court says EU ships cannot fish for Arctic snow crab March 27, 2023In a case that has significance for the right to explore for oil and other minerals, the Norwegian Supreme Court ruled last week that EU ships cannot fish for snow crab off the Svalbard .....
- One-off pilot error did not render port unsafe March 24, 2023Thomas Macey-Dare KC of Quadrant Chambers has reported on London Arbitration 2/23, (2023) 1129 LMLN 2 – a charterparty dispute in which the arbitral tribunal rejected the Owners’ .....
- Livestock carrier Yangtze Fortune released from Australian arrest March 23, 2023Livestock carrier Yangtze Fortune (IMO 9336282), which had been detained and anchored off the Australian port of Portland, Victoria, has been sold and released from ....
- Greek Code of Private Maritime Law is modernized March 21, 2023Christos Aporellis, Senior Claims Executive at UK Club, has noted that from May 1st the Greek Code of Maritime Law 3816/1958 is being modernized, 65 years after it became law ....
- Pacific environment law gets struck out by French court March 20, 2023An environment-focused law that would require pre-declaration or authorization on the movement of vessels in the New Caledonia area has been struck down by a Paris court. New Caledonia .....
- Carriers appeal FMC ruling on who decides on chassis March 20, 2023Eleven ocean carriers have appealed against a ruling from US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) chief judge Erin Wirth that container lines violated the US Shipping Act when they .....
- Implied obligation to re-inspect without delay: Ince March 16, 2023Cliff notes: In Pan Ocean Co Ltd v. Daelim Corporation (DL Lilac) [2023] EWHC 391 (Comm), a charterparty dispute, the arbitral tribunal found that the charterer was in breach of an implied .....
- US DOJ files suit to arrest MOL cruise ship Nippon Maru March 8, 2023The US Department of Justice is reported to have filed suit against Japan-based MOL to recover damages incurred as a result of the allision of the company's single cruise ship, the .....
- Sanctions-linked superyacht could be auctioned off March 8, 2023