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KNOWLEDGE & INSIGHTS

Expert perspectives on the latest developments across our sectors and services.
Briefing
Delivery and Redelivery Notices – Simple, Right?
Most charterparties will require the owners on delivery, and the charterers o…
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Briefing
Bunker supply contracts – key considerations for the buyer
Bunker sales are generally offered on terms prepared by the sellers and shoul…
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Market Insight
Bunker supply contracts – key considerations for the buyer
Regardless of whether a buyer purchases fuel directly from physical suppliers or via brokers or traders and whether sale is under a global framework agreement or ad hoc on a port by port basis, a c…
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Guide
Floating Storage: Time and voyage charter drafting tips
In the table below we have tried to “issue spot” the key problems arising from floating storage (for time and voyage charters) and have included our own explanatory comments as well as the positi…
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Briefing
Asbestos at sea: An unexpected problem
Less than one year remains for the owners of any ships calling at EU ports or…
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Briefing
Do I Need a Ship Recycling Policy?
The entry into force of the European Ship Recycling Regulation EC NO. 1257/20…
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Briefing
Discharge of cargo without original bills of lading and letters of indemnity (LOI): one of the biggest risks a shipowner or charterer can take, March 2018
LOIs are an essential document to help world trade run smoothly. They are giv…
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Briefing
MOSCOW STARS: Sale of a cargo under a Charterparty lien, November 2017
The Court in Dainford Navigation Inc v PDVSA Petroleo SA1 considered an appli…
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Briefing
“ATLANTIK CONFIDENCE”: Court of Appeal Rejects Owner’s Application for Permission to Appeal, September 2017
In our briefing of October 20161 we reported on the decision of Teare J who h…
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Market Insight
Calcium hypochlorite: it’s back and hiding in plain sight
The often dramatic risks associated with transporting calcium hypochlorite first came to light in the 1970s in a series of serious incidents involving US and Japanese producers. Casualties in the 1…
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Briefing
ATLANTIK CONFIDENCE: Cargo Insurers “break limits” in unprecedented judgment, October 2016
Following the fire and sinking of the bulk carrier ATLANTIK CONFIDENCE off th…
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Briefing
Floating storage: High reward and high risk? Existing and new floating storage charter issues discussed
Disputes between oil producing nations on output capacity, coupled with a steep decline in consumer demand for oil as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, have led to serious oil storage capacity shortages on-shore and plummeting (even negative) oil prices. There is far too much oil and not enough places to store it.
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