Spills involving oil or hazardous substances can occur for a wide variety of reasons and where pollution occurs, clean-up operations are carried out by appointed spill responders. In a maritime context the incident giving rise to the spill may also involve salvage operations to save property and pr... Please follow the link to continue reading.
BIMCO has recently conducted a review of the various Liberty and Deviation clauses that appear in BIMCO charter parties to update the wording to reflect current commercial and P&I Club practice. As it currently stands the English law position on deviation is at odds with commercial practice and the ... Please follow the link to continue reading.
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Introduction Prompted primarily by the coming into force of the English Arbitration Act 1996, BIMCO has thoroughly revised and updated its Standard Law & Arbitration Clause. In a slight departure from tradition and for ease of incorporation into non-standard charter parties and other agreements, thr... Please follow the link to continue reading.
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BIMCO has extended its library of offshore industry standard contracts with the adoption of ASVTIME – a time charter party for accommodation support vessels. Updates of BIMCO’s ocean towage agreements – TOWCON and TOWHIRE – have also been adopted along with a new edition of its charter party for hir... Please follow the link to continue reading.
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Alessio is a Partner at the London office of International law firm, HFW. He specialises in international commercial dispute resolution in the marine and offshore sectors, and has over 12 years' experience of advising in respect of charterparties, bills of lading, sale contracts, shipbuilding, MOA,... Please follow the link to continue reading.
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The general position under English law is that once laytime has started to count, it will count unabated, save the exceptions expressly agreed or if there is a fault on the part of the owners or those for whom they are responsible. Here, we will focus on a few of the most common exceptions, and on w... Please follow the link to continue reading.
