Lloyd's Shipping & Trade Law

This article describes the preliminary results of an ongoing project at the University of Southampton outlining some of the issues identified as being posed by Brexit. These are the available choices concerning the UK flag, the problem of gold-plated EU shipping regulations and finally, the potential impact of Brexit on contracts and dispute resolution.

The Ocean Victory: Supreme Court decisionThe Ocean Victory: the facts The case arose from the grounding of the vessel Ocean Victory in the port of Kashima in Japan on 24 October 2006. The vessel was a Capesize bulk carrier, built in China in 2005.