Despite the 1995 English High Court judgement in the case of O.K. Petroleum v. Vitol S.A., there are still some companies who believe that the time bar contained in a ch Read more..
Pumping disputes are, without doubt, the greatest cause of delay to the settlement of tanker charter party and CIF/CRF contract demurrage claims. The usual argume Read more..
The Working Group on the Fair Interpretation of Pumping Clauses has drafted a set of pumping clauses that should go a long way towards removing the subjective app Read more..
Mark Aspinall of Shaw & Croft, representing The Working Group on the Fair Interpretation of Pumping Clauses, presented an entirely new pumping clause for tank Read more..
The recent High Court case of Lia Oil SA v. Erg Petroli Spa, “The Liano” [2007] highlights the importance of co Read more..
Andrew Wilding who runs Asdem’s office in Singapore is a very experienced shipping lawyer. He has contribu Read more..
The House of Lords has recently delivered a significant judgment in the dry cargo case of The "Achilleas", Transfield Shipping Inc. v. Read more..
In our last newsletter, Andrew Wilding, Managing Director of Asdem Asia reviewed the decision in Read more..
Although the London Arbitration 13/15 reported by the Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter was dealt with by a single arbitrator under the LMAA Small Read more..
BP Shipping's long-awaited new charter party, BPVOY5, has now been published. We believe the time taken to ensure that the charter party is as clear and up-to-date as possi Read more..
Article provided by Phil Stalley, HubSE Ltd.
The last meeting of the Sub-Commi Read more..