Lloyd's Shipping & Trade Law

On 20 August 2013 the International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) entered into force internationally. For the UK it will become effective on 7 August 2014, a year after ratification.

Delay – Demurrage – Fob contracts – Force majeure clauses – Interpretation – Nigeria – Oil terminals – Right of indemnity

Safety of nominated port – Weather and waves combining to make the port unsafe – Master’s negligence – Causation

The Turkish Commercial Code that recently entered into force purposelygrants contractual parties freedom of contract to use standard terms formaritime contracts and marine insurance policies. Recent developments in theWorking Committee considering the Code of Obligations may result ininterference with this freedom.