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Jul 27, 2023 Risks in superyacht construction and financing - decarbonization technology By Thor Maalouf New and experimental technologies are increasingly being used in superyacht construction to reduce carbon emissions, for example improved...
Jul 26, 2023 The Seafarers' Charter - the next step in the protection of seafarers' rights By Voirrey Blount This week the UK government has launched a new Seafarers' Charter in conjunction with the French government. This Charter is the next...
Jun 26, 2023 Cow power - a more ESG friendly fuel for ships? By Voirrey Blount Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has successfully completed the first Japanese trial of marine fuel made using cow dung. This liquefied...
Jun 26, 2023 Tomorrow's supply chain - Supply chain intelligence in shipping By Sally-Ann Underhill Supply chain intelligence can mitigate issues faced by the shipping industry. For instance, the Panama Canal is facing an exceptionally...
Jun 12, 2023 CII charter clauses - a square peg in a round hole? By Nick Austin A reminder, if one were needed six months after the launch of the IMO's carbon intensity indicator (CII) regulations, that the shipping...
May 09, 2023 New U.S. Coast Guard guidance on the use of Jones Act warrants by non-citizens By Alice Colarossi The U.S. Coast Guard’s National Vessel Documentation Center (“NVDC”) issued on April 10, 2023 a new determination letter on the U.S....
Apr 18, 2023 U.S. Supreme Court to consider enforceability of choice of law provision in maritime contract By Oliver Beiersdorf Alice Colarossi The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Great Lakes Ins. SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC, 2023 U.S. LEXIS 1078 (Mar. 6, 2023),...
Feb 20, 2023 Poseidon Principles: time to make even bigger waves By Catriona Henderson In October 2022, we discussed how the Poseidon Principles Association had announced a more ambitious emissions reductions policy. In...
Dec 13, 2022 New technologies in shipbuilding: warranty claims By Thor Maalouf Sally-Ann Underhill Increased focus on decarbonisation has led to more shipbuilding involving state of the art technologies, such as: duel-fuel LNG and LPG...
Nov 04, 2022 Transparency in shipping - Public comments to OSRA “unreasonable” refusal of vessel accommodations By Michelle Mantine Han Deng Samantha Arnold Katherine Stavis +1 more... Show less Under the Shipping Act of 1916 (“The Shipping Act”), ocean shipping carriers have been largely exempt from U.S. antitrust enforcement....
Nov 02, 2022 Japan looks to offshore wind to meet renewable energy targets By Mike Adamson As an island nation with limited natural resources of its own, Japan has always had to look abroad for energy supplies. It has...
Oct 27, 2022 Transparency in shipping – Industry warns of unintended consequences of greener shipping By Laura Hyne A leading tanker broker has recently warned that the IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) and Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index...
Oct 18, 2022 Transparency in shipping - Poseidon Principles raise the bar By Susan Riitala When the Poseidon Principles for ship finance were originally published in 2019, there were eleven signatories. The group has now grown...
Oct 14, 2022 Transparency in shipping - UK's all aboard for electronic bills of lading By Bryan Tan UK announced a draft electronic trade documents bill which will enable bills of lading using distributed ledger technology to be...
Oct 14, 2022 When the use of new technologies in shipbuilding causes delays By Thor Maalouf Sally-Ann Underhill Increasing focus on decarbonisation and recent global events have led to more shipbuilding projects involving state of the art...
Oct 12, 2022 Transparency in shipping - Is artificial intelligence the future for the shipping industry? By Sophie Ainscough Sophie Davis Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides the shipping industry with an opportunity to improve decision-making capabilities. For example,...