Shipping's new net zero ambitions: Update on MEPC 80 By Joanne Waters On 7 July 2023, the IMO member states agreed to revise the IMO's original greenhouse gas strategy to significantly strengthen the shipping industry's ambitions on reaching net-zero. In this article we look at the revisions made and their likely…
The Electronic Trade Documents Act – how reliable are your systems? By Joanne Waters The UK's forthcoming Electronic Trade Documents Act promises to revolutionise shipping and trade. Are you ready? “You do not rise to the levels of your goals but fall to the level of your systems” [1] Digitalisation of the shipping industry…
ESG Decarbonisation in the Shipping Industry By Joanne Waters The global shipping industry is said to produce around 2.9% of the world's carbon emissions by human activity and 1,076 million tonnes of CO2 . If the shipping industry continued to emit emissions on this scale and grow as expected, it was feared…
Maritime technology: A primer on software agreements By Tim Ryan As maritime technology gains greater adoption, purchasers of maritime software will need to become familiar with the special contractual provisions that appear in software agreements. This article provides an introduction to the key issues which…
Competition Appeals Tribunal grants Collective Proceedings Order in Trucks Litigation By Laura Berry On 8 June, in the latest instalment of the long-running “Trucks Litigation”, the Competition Appeals Tribunal (“ CAT ”) granted Road Haulage Association Limited’s (“ RHA ”) application for a Collective Proceedings Order (“ CPO ”). This is the first…
Commercial Court upholds CMR Convention limits Knapfield v. C.A.R.S Holdings Ltd & Ors (2022) By Anthony Menzies The Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (the CMR Convention) has been ratified by most European states, and was given effect in England by the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965. The CMR applies to every…
Credit risk cover in a marine cargo policy Court of Appeal issues judgment in ABN Amro case By Anthony Menzies ABN Amro Bank N.V. v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 1789 El demandante en este procedimiento fue el Banco, el cual había realizado una serie de transacciones de productos financieros, conocidos coloquialmente…
A P&I Club Letter of Undertaking subject to a sanctions clause remains a “reasonably satisfactory” security, though it need not be accepted By Anthony Menzies M/V Pacific Pearl Company Ltd v. Osios David Shipping Inc (2021) [1] El embargo de un buque es un recurso que sirve no solo para establecer jurisdicción sino también para obtener una garantía con el objetivo de asegurar una reclamación marítima.…
The CMA CGM LIBRA – the buck stops with the owners when a vessel is rendered unseaworthy due to a defective passage plan By Toby Vallance The Supreme Court has recently handed down its judgment on appeal in Alize 1954 v. Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG 1 , which considered the scope of a shipowner’s obligation to exercise due diligence to make a vessel seaworthy under the…
Does a court seised of limitation proceedings under the Limitation Convention have jurisdiction to discharge a P&I Club Letter of Undertaking? By Anthony Menzies Enemalta Plc v The Standard Club Asia Ltd 1 On 23 December 2019 the island of Malta suffered a nationwide power outage, following damage to an underwater connector cable operated by Enemalta, Malta’s national power distributor.