We are pleased to announce that Pavlo Samothrakis has joined the BDM team as a partner. We know Pav very well from our time together at Ince. He has a proven track record in shipping, international trade, and offshore energy and is a fantastic addition to the team.
Pav is named by Legal 500 as a next-generation lawyer and his arrival will help us to continue our expansion and development as a first-class shipping boutique.
The Court of Appeal has put an end to MSC’s hopes of limiting their liability for the losses sustained in the 2012 fire on their chartered vessel, MSC Flaminia. For those who don’t know, the MSC Flaminia was en route from Charleston to Antwerp when there was an explosion[...]
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The UN brokered grain corridor through the Black Sea to facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain has been a godsend for countries reliant on grain imports. It has also seen a regular flow of ships plying this route protected by commercially available insurance. The recent de[...]
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The recent report from the Panama Maritime Authority into the infamous grounding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal in March 2021 makes for interesting reading not least in relation to the role of the SCA and its pilots in the grounding. Those interested in the findings can[...]
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