In April, BIMCO published a revised ship management agreement, SHIPMAN 2024, following a two-year review process involving input from shipowners, managers, P&I clubs and insurance and legal experts. BIMCO has included a number of clauses in SHIPMAN…
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The decision handed down in Maersk Guinea-Bissau, SARL & Anor -v- Almar-Hum Bubacar Balde SARL (Raquel S) [2024] EWHC 993 (Comm) provides useful guidance on incorporation of standard form contractual terms, in this case a Himalaya clause and exclus…
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Ann Waite, a top marine claims expert, has been elected to chair the Association of Average Adjusters for the year 2024-25. Ms Waite was at the same time, at the annual general meeting of Fellows on May 8, 2024, elected an Honorary Fellow of the Associ…
The IMO’s Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships 2009 (Hong Kong Convention) will enter into force on June 26, 2025. Whilst the ratification of the Hong Kong Convention is a positive development and…
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Recent Houthi attacks on vessels passing through the straits of Bab al-Mandab on their way through the Red Sea mean that the shipping industry has moved beyond trade press reporting and onto front page news. While the causes of the current situation ar…
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