As it becomes increasingly clear that greenhouse-gas emissions must be drastically cut over the next 30 years in order to save the planet’s climate as we know it,1 there is a growing realisation that the transition to net zero needs transformatio…
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After more than a decade of effective threat-reducing counter-piracy operations the shipping industry has removed the ‘Indian Ocean High Risk Area’ (HRA). Notification of the removal of the HRA from 0001 UTC on 1 January 2023 by industry bodies was for…
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The heatwave experienced in parts of the world has seen temperatures of between 40 – 42C recently – and according to an article in TradeWinds, ‘Shipyard work has become nearly impossible in the sweltering temperatures and workers have had to take unsch…
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In his speech to the COP26 climate summit, Tuvalu foreign minister Simon Kofe showed the world what was at stake if it failed to decarbonize. He delivered his United Nations address in a suit, behind a lectern, knee deep in ocean water that was floodin…
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A bill of lading dispute in Sea Master Special Maritime Enterprise & another v. Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd (Sea Master) [2022] EWHC 1953 (Comm) raised issues as to whether the bank financing the purchase of a cargo, and the holder of a switch bill…
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