Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) is in talks with officials in the UAE after MSC Joanna (IMO 9304435) was banned from entering UAE waters for carrying HSFO after the March 1st IMO deadline restricting vessels to both the use and carriage of fuel with a sulphur level above 0.50% The move...
Global maritime law firm Campbell Johnson Clark (CJC) has announced two new appointments in its Singapore office, which oversees Asia Pacific regional activities on behalf of the business William Pyle has joined CJC as Senior Associate. He has considerable experience in advising P&I Clubs,...
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A Captain’s Decision to keep fishing, despite flooding in the vessel, led to its sinking, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found. In its Marine Accident Brief about the flooding and sinking of the commercial fishing vessel Pacific 1 on February 15th 2019, the NTSB determined that...
International specialist legal firm HFW has taken a number of actions in relation to the Covid-19 outbreak. We are continually monitoring the developing COVID-19. It said that: it had postponed all client events until further notice; it had ceased all non-essential travel, and colleagues returning...
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The first legal action against a major cruise line has begun with a Florida couple suing the owner of cruise ship Grand Princess (IMO 9104005) for more than $1m, claiming that the company put profits over safety, and that it did not have proper screening protocols in place. Ronald and Eva...
The legal problems to which Covid-19 is giving rise are likely to continue, according to international energy, real estate and transport legal firm Watson Farley & Williams LLP. The lawyers advised parties to shipbuilding contracts to “closely monitor the situation and seek professional legal...
The WFW Briefing: Quincecare Duty in the spotlight – March 2020
More Trouble for Banks?
Almost thirty years ago, the English court found that a bank owes a fiduciary duty to its customer, known as the Qunicecare duty of care (the Quincecare Duty). Since then, it has rarely been relied upon by customers seeking to take action against their bank. However, this may be about to change following two recent decisions which have thrust the Quincecare Duty bank into the spotlight.
On March 3rd authorities in Germany discovered illegally stored oily waste on board a Barbados-flagged cargo ship docked in Bremerhaven. The water police in Bremen had made a routine check of the vessel’s engine room. And discovered about 300 litres of oily waste stored inappropriately in a...
A Texas grand jury has declined to issue felony indictments against a group of Greenpeace USA activists who closed the Houston Channel for 18 hours in September 2019. They tied themselves to a Houston bridge and dangled over the water. Felony charges had been brought against 31 activists. The...
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Cambodian authorities have arrested an oil tanker allegedly linked to illicit North Korean ship-to-ship transfers, reported NK News, citing a statement on Sunday March 1st from the country’s General Commissariat of Police The ship, named in the statement as the Courageous (IMO 8617524),had a crew...