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…
Freight claim in case of premature termination of freight contract Read More »
The likely replacement of the LIBOR at the end of 2021 creates difficult technical and practical issues for all sectors of business and finance. The concerns intensify as the projected deadline grows closer against a background of some continuing uncer…
LIBOR replacement and ship finance – where is it heading? Read More »
Shipping finance transactions are characterised by peculiar risk factors principally on account of the shipping asset’s transient operations. The applicable rules and mercantile usages – reflective of this reality themselves – must therefore be a…
Shipping loans and collateral damage Read More »
The ever-growing importance of sale and leaseback transactions as an alternative to financing ships by way of loan, makes it both timely and welcome that BIMCO has produced a standardised term sheet. There was strong Asian representation on the draftin…
BIMCO ‘Shiplease’ Term Sheet Read More »
This report highlights some recent developments and forthcoming changes in the sanctions landscape. They are developments and changes which will increase the importance of compliance, most likely complicate the task and which have particular relevance …
Sactions And Shipping – Update And Overview Read More »