September 23, 2021
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June 17, 2021
No strings attached: the shipowner’s unfettered right to collect bill of lading freight
Alpha Marine Corp v Minmetals Logistics Zhejiang Co. Ltd (The M/V Smart) [2021] EWHC 1157 (Comm) The English Commercial Court has held that a contractual carrier under a bill of lading has an unrestricted right to collect bill of lading freight, even where freight is... Read more >
September 21, 2020
Terms of sale: are they final and binding or just binding?
What happens when two clauses for the sale of fuel oil appear to contradict each other? Does one prevail over the other or do they work in tandem together, with one qualifying the other? How should the parties to a contract approach such a contradiction? These... Read more >
July 9, 2019
Personal Guarantors Watch Out!
The personal guarantee is a mainstay of traditional ship finance. However, it is rare for banks to enforce such guarantees. In a recent case (1) the Commercial Court handed down a judgment upholding a bank’s claim against a personal guarantor. The case concerned... Read more >
June 25, 2019