OK Lim, the founder of Hin Leong Trading, along with his two children, is being sued by the company’s judicial manager, PwC in Singapore, in order to recover $3.5bn plus another $90m in dividends, according to The Singapore Straits Times. The judicial managers have charged the Lims with a breach of...
Lockdown or no lockdown, legal proceedings involving shipping and aviation disputes have been going full steam ahead during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virtual hearings have taken off and are cruising along smoothly – for the most part – now that the initial wobbles of resolving disputes over the phone, online or via video or audio conferencing have been streamlined.
In the months since countries across the world started battening down the hatches, a number of major disputes involving in the...
International maritime law specialist Hill Dickinson has announced the death of Patrick Hawkins, head of its office in Greece, an “industry giant”. Patrick, aged 59, died in hospital on Thursday 20th August, having suffered a heart attack in early July. His funeral took place in Athens on Monday...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/patrick-hawkins-of-hill-dickinson-dies/
Earlier this month (August 5th) the Supreme Court of India handed down its judgement in the case of The Chairman, Board of Trustees, Cochin Port Trust v M/S Arebee Star Maritime Agencies Pvt Ltd & Ors. Advocates Subramanian (Kumar) and S Priya, of Venkis Law Offices provided a summary of the ruling...
The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has affirmed a $31.43m fine on Singapore-based ship management company Nordic Maritime Pte Ltd and its chairman, Morten Innhaug, over the company’s use of US origin subsea survey equipment in Iranian territorial waters. Cordell A Hull, Acting Under...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/fine-of-nordic-maritime-affirmed-by-us-bis/
LSLC: Data at a Distance: The Art of Remote Inspections
Chairman
Les Chapman BEng, MBA, CMMar, FNI, Director, LSLC
Speakers
Charles A. Fox, Ph.D., Director of Technical Services, ESi
Matthew T. Kenner, P.E., Senior Managing Consultant, ESi
Daniel J. Turner, P.E., Senior Consultant, ESi
Captain Andrew Moll, RN, Chief Inspector and Head of MAIB UK
Alexandre Lovell-Smith, Director, CLS Europe
This webinar event took place on Thursday 30th July 2020 – 5.00pm – 6.15 pm Webinar Host: ESi
This webinar...
https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/08/27/lslc-data-at-a-distance-the-art-of-remote-inspections/
There are reports that a formal settlement had been reached between cargo ship Vienna Wood N (IMO 9593713) and the families of 14 Filipinos who went missing when the vessel collided with their fishing boat on June 27th off Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. The settlement was reported to...
In a long-running case between South Africa’s National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) and livestock exporter Al Mawashi, a South African court ruled on Tuesday August 25th that the Kuwaiti firm could ship thousands of sheep to the Middle East. The NSPCA had argued that...
HFW acts on sale of almost half of Swiss Maritime Fleet
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has acted on the sale of almost half of the entire Swiss maritime fleet.
HFW advised Swiss shipowner Massoel Shipping SA on eight separate vessel sale transactions, representing 40% of all Swiss-flagged commercial maritime vessels.
The firm also provided completion services on each of the transactions, assisting Massoel and the purchasers with closing and the holding of deposit and balance.
HFW’s team...
Brazil has seized 70,000 tonnes of manganese that four companies were preparing to ship to China from Porto de Vila do Conde, close to the city of Belem in the northern Brazilian state of Pará. The authorities said that the manganese had been mined illegally. The confiscated ore, which was seized...