Although shipping has been historically male-dominated, the number of women nowadays who belong in the maritime industry is about 23,000 worldwide. It might look like a significant number but it is actually only 2% of the world’s maritime workforce. Th…
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In a significant decision for the maritime sector, The Eternal Bliss[1], the English Commercial Court has resolved a much-debated question, answering that an owner can, under certain circumstances, recover damages in addition to demurrage for delay to …
The proliferation of serious fires onboard container ships in recent years has shocked the shipping industry. Andrew Gray considers the causes and impact of such fires and the urgent efforts being made by a wide variety of stakeholders to solve this se…
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LNG-powered vessels are likely to find favorable treatment from lenders under the Poseidon Principles, according to a new study by Sea-LNG. Sea-LNG is a multi-sector industry coalition that was founded in 2016 to advocate for the use of LNG over conven…
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The plaintiff, a fixed-cost freight forwarder, asserted against its principal (the defendant) a freight claim of €190,000 under a multimodal transport contract (road, inland waterway and sea vessel) from Germany to Sweden. The freight contract was only…
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