Impact of COVID-19 on Vessel Charters

In December 2019, the coronavirus (COVID-19) was first reported as an emerging virus in China, and in the following weeks, the virus had spread globally. Earlier this month, the WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak as…

Force Majeure and the Coronavirus

Companies are doing their best and taking precautions to prevent the spread of the Cornovirus;  some of the measures these companies are taking could invoke force majeure clauses or the "impossibility of performance" defence as…