In the summer Nick Burgess will speak at the Autonomous Ship Technology Symposium on the legal issues relating to the increased use of automation in shipping. The legal challenges of crewless vessels are substantial and will require dynamic and creative solutions from the shipping community. Nick’s interest in this area stems from his 20+ years of handling shipping casualties many of which have involved crew errors. BDM has considerable experience of investigating and handling the legal issues relating to casualties. We are an active member of the Admiralty Solicitors Group in London and are at the cutting edge of technological advances in casualty investigation.
MSC loses battle to limit liability for the consequences of the MSC Flaminia fire
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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