Members' attention is drawn to the USCG Marine Safety Bulletin (MSIB) 005-19 introducing a new procedure for ship owners and operators operating in the North American (NA) or US Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area (ECA) to comply with the MARPOL Annex VI Regulation 18.2.4.
Part 2: Legal issues arising under the current unimodal transport Conventions
Navigation restrictions around the Miaodao Archipelago are published on ECDIS, and navigation warnings and notices are issued to mariners sailing in the region.
Hong Kong and China have agreed new measures to allow parties to an arbitration seated in one jurisdiction to attach assets in the other jurisdiction pending an award. This is an important extension to arbitration proceedings of measures previously restricted to litigants before Hong Kong and Chinese courts. It also reflects the increasing use of Hong Kong as a forum for arbitration.
BIMCO publishes Cyber Security Clause
28/06/2019
BIMCO has just published a cyber security clause addressing the contractual issues that can arise from a cyber security incident.
The 74th session of the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 74) took place on 13-17 May 2019 at the IMO headquarters in London.
The multimodal transportation of goods is inherently complex. This complexity is further complicated by the absence of internationally accepted rules governing the multimodal trade. While the shipowner is often the carrier or multimodal transport operator(MTO) under the multimodal transport contract, the rules applicable to the liability of the shipowner are embodied in a mosaic of International Conventions relating to the carriage of goods by sea, by air and by road.
Update 13/06/19: Due to the recent attack on vessels in the Sea of Oman, Members are reminded of the following update and to exercise extreme caution in the region.
The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) met for its 74th session at the IMO Headquarters in London from 13-17 May. Below is a summary of the outcome from this meeting on the following topics
VIDEO: 150 Years Together
22/05/2019
2019 marks the UK Club's 150th Anniversary. Find out how the Club is celebrating this milestone by focussing on promoting safety, protecting life and the envrionment.
VOLCAFE LTD AND OTHERS v COMPANIA SUD AMERICANA DE VAPORES SA [2018] UKSC 61 - 5th December 2018 - THE SUPREME COURT
ZURICH INSURANCE PLC AND ANOTHER V ABNORMAL LOAD SERVICES (INTERNATIONAL) LTD [2019] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 54 - 11 July 2018 - COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Stallion Eight Shipping Co SA v NatWest Markets plc (The "MV Alkyon") [2018] EWCA 2760
QCR Spring 2019: Remedies for delivery without production of bill of lading -Company director personally liable for procuring a breach of an agency agreement
Navigator Spirit SA v Five Oceans Salvage SA (The "Flag Mette")
Taylor v Van Dutch Marine - [2019] EWHC 324 (Ch)
SEA MASTER SHIPPING INC v ARAB BANK (SWITZERLAND) LTD (THE "SEA MASTER") [2019] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 101 - 25th July 2018
USCG Port Security Advisory (2-19) - Conditions of Entry on vessels arriving from ports in Djibouti - To take effect from 30 May, 2019
On May 8, 2019, exactly one year after President Trump announced that the United States was withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ("JCPOA") and would re-impose the U.S
As reported in Circular 16/18 when U.S. secondary sanctions were re-imposed against the purchase and carriage of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products, liquified gases and petrochemicals, in November 2018, eight countries - China, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey - were granted waivers, known as Significant Reduction Exemptions ("SREs"), to permit the import of limited amounts of Iranian crude oil up to 2 May 2019.