United Kingdom: Marine/ Shipping

When can shipowners refuse voyage orders on sanctions grounds? This case examines whether owners must prove an actual sanctions breach would occur, or whether a reasonable assessment of sanctions risk is sufficient to trigger protective charterparty clauses.

London Arbitration 11/26 examined whether a Letter of Undertaking provided for deck cargo carriage could modify charterers' rights to deduct hire for vessel underperformance. The tribunal's decision clarifies how operational adjustments necessitated by special cargo arrangements interact with standard charterparty performance warranties and hire payment obligations.

Further to our earlier post on the UK’s seizure of the Smyrtos oil tanker, the UK’s National Crime Agency has announced that Indian national Ajay Pant, has been charged...

On 3 February 2026, the European Commission launched an in-depth Foreign Subsidies Regulation investigation into a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer...

There's one thing container shipping operators are sure of: disruption is good for business. And the 2020s have given us some truly dire disruptions: a blocked canal, a global pandemic, armed conflicts on land and sea, bitter trade disputes, and we could go on. In the wake of the upheaval has come a volatile business environment, elevated rates, and record earnings

In February 2019, the vessel Solomon Trader grounded in the Solomon Islands, leading to an arbitration award on 14 March 2023 against the charterer...

The precise juridical nature of a shipowner's right to limit its liability under the 1976 (and earlier) Limitation Conventions has hitherto been obscure.

The decarbonisation of the shipping industry demands ports to find more sustainable ways to operate as much as the decarbonisation of vessels. In this article we look at how hardware innovation could help decarbonise ports.

Recently, the marine industry's spotlight has been drawn to the critical issue of mis-declared cargoes following an explosion at the Chinese port of Ningbo, Zhoushan.