The main parts of a laden charterparty transit are the carrying voyage and the discharge. Owners take the cost risk of the first of these and (with aggregate laytime for all cargo operations) the second is charterers’ concern. To see who pays for what,…
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The EU Regulation on Ship Recycling (1257/2013) – which, with respect to new vessels, will enter into full effect on 31 December 2018 – obliges EU-flagged vessels to conduct dismantling operations in European Commission-approved ship-recycling faciliti…
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Sulphur Cap Series: Part 2 – Challenges Facing Compliance and Challenges to Enforcement Part 1 explored the scope of Regulation 14.1.3 of Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention (“Regulation 14.1.3”) and provided an analysis of the contractual, penal a…
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Malacca Strait Medley Singapore Arbitration 2/18 [(2018) 1008 LMLN 4] probably does not greatly develop the law or offer novel interpretation of common fixture wording. It does however illustrate some of the less familiar demurrage and also DA disputes…
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Under a shipbuilding contract, the focus of the parties involved has always been on the way the funds are raised and also on ensuring the safety of the paid-in funds. Statistics from the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry show that…
Shipowners’ skilful use of contract terms to guard funds Read More »