[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Tough new measures drafted in over the past 18 months or so have bolstered shipping regulations in the UAE to end the abandonment of merchant navy sailors. Shipping operators now require compulsory insurance to cover crew salaries for up to four months, as well as repatriation costs. Other regulatory changes ban irresponsible owners from …
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a noteworthy first decision, the Judicial Tribunal for the Dubai Court and DIFC Court (JT), established to decide conflicts of jurisdiction between the two courts, has ruled on 27 January 2017 that Daman Real Capital Partners Company LLC v. Oger Dubai LLC case should be remitted for trial by the Dubai Court, and that the …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]UK Supreme Court judgment on OW Bunker, The Judgment in Brief: The long awaited Judgment by the UK Supreme Court (“UKSC”) was handed down on 11th May 2016 in which they unanimously dismissed the appeal by PST Energy 7 Shipping LLC and Product Shipping and Trading S.A., the owners and managers of the Vessel Res …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Although the outcomes of arrest proceedings are becoming more predictable to the reassurance of physical bunker suppliers, it appears that shipowners will continue to be at risk of having to pay OW Bunker or its assignees under London arbitration proceedings as well as the physical suppliers if their vessels are arrested in Dubai. Following …
