Marine Insurance Legal
Covering the latest law firm activity in the marine insurance sector.
- Inter-Club Agreement: Validity of written notification August 5, 2020The latest London Arbitration 3/20 has clarified that the written notification of the Cargo Claim under clause (6) of the Inter-Club NYPE Agreement 1996 and its amendment in 2011 does not have ....
- Inadequate maintenance led to engine room fire, says TSB August 5, 2020A dangerous fire aboard container ship MOL Prestige (IMO 9321029) in 2018 was caused by inadequate maintenance, Canada's Transportation Safety Bureau (TSB) has concluded ....
- Bulker operator Misuga Kaiun Co fined $1.5m in pollution case August 4, 2020Japan-based Misuga Kaiun Co Ltd was fined $1.5m on July 29th in the US District Court in Orlando, Florida, after pleading guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships ....
- Supreme Court will hear owners’ appeal in case of the CMA CGM Libra August 3, 2020Quadrant Chambers reports that the UK Supreme Court will hear the shipowners’ appeal from the decision in Alize 1954 v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG (The CMA CGM LIBRA) [2020] EWCA Civ ....
- Crew of Vienna Wood N held at Batangas; homicide case proceeds August 3, 2020A Philippines court has placed a "hold departure order" on the crew of bulk carrier Vienna Wood N (IMO 9593713) while a criminal case against her officers and her ship manager proceeds ....
- Charterer seizes bulker over fuel switch losses August 3, 2020Singaporean charterer Dava has seized a bulker in Houston, Texas, alleging that the owner's lack of upkeep resulted in it missing out on cheap bunker prices in the period leading up to the IMO ....
- LLMC 1976: The operator can limit… but who is the operator? August 3, 2020CJC Law has published a report on Justice Teare's judgment from May 22nd, previously reported in IMN on May 28th. Teare J, sitting in the Admiralty Court, explored the characteristics ....
- US House passes amendment providing Covid-19 relief for the maritime sector July 24, 2020The US House of Representatives as passed the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2021 which, as is the way with the complex US legislative process, has bundled in significant ....
- Shipper avoids claim for cargo explosion July 22, 2020Sally-Ann Underhill and Emily Balment have reported in Shipping Law Log on the case of MVV Environment Devonport Ltd v. NTO Shipping GmbH & Co. KG MS Nortrader [2020] EWHC 1371 (Comm) ....
- Barge condition, infrequent monitoring, probably caused Illinois sinking: NTSB July 22, 2020An inquiry by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that the probable cause of the sinking of three towboats and a deck barge was the deteriorated condition of the ....