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Insurer’s performance driven by a successful renewal, improved claims performance and historically low levels of Pool claims in 2022.

The “error in navigation” defence in Article 4 Rule 2 (a) of the Hague / Hague Visby Rules has recently been applied by the English Commercial Court, exonerating owners from liability in a charterparty...

The West of England’s Defence Cover insures legal costs and other expenses in pursuing or defending claims in respect of entered vessels across a wide range of disputes. It also provides a commercially...

On 18 February 2020, OFAC designated Rosneft Trading S.A. (“Rosneft Trading”) to the SDN List pursuant to Executive Order 13850 for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy.

As the shipping industry strives to improve its environmental sustainability and minimise its greenhouse gas emissions, the utilisation of biofuel blends in marine engines has emerged as a promising solution....

FuelEU Maritime is an initiative of the European Union (EU) that aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping within the EU.

A bulk carrier arrived at a port during the evening hours of the day to discharge a cargo of wood chips destined for a paper mill. Upon opening of the cargo holds, cargo light clusters were lowered into...

An entered vessel was recently fined USD 8, 500 for disposing of garbage within the Bohai Sea. Vessels sometimes assume that China’s territorial waters within the Bohai Sea extend 12 nautical miles from...

May 2016

Charterers operate in an ever-increasing litigious environment where the liability exposure has become more burdensome. The West of England’s Charterers Comprehensive Cover (CCC) has been continually developed...