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Articles for March 2016
Risk identification, mitigation and response
Phil Roche, Ffion Flockhart and Steven Hadwin, of Norton Rose Fulbright, consider cyber risks for the maritime sector
Intermanager condemns Mangouras prison sentence in Prestige case
InterManager has described as “abhorrent”, the decision by Spain’s Supreme Court to sentence the master of Prestige, the oil tanker which sank off Spain’s north-west coast in 2002, to two years in prison and has called on the shipping industry to support him after what have been 14 highly stressful years.
A winning formula on sea and land
Derek Luxford, of Hicksons, looks at Australia’s proactive commercial arbitration enforcement regime
The long echo of sanctions
Daria Avdeeva, of Skuld, takes a look back at years of sanctions against Iran, as well as ahead to a future set to change
Caution on sanctions urged
Law firms around the world were quick to react to the news of Implementation Day and the US/European Union lifting of certain sanctions against Iran. Here, Liz Booth collates some of that reaction and its expected impact for the shipping sector
To the Supreme Court, and beyond
Ioannis Alexopoulos, of Bryan Cave, reports on the latest position with the OW Bunkers case, which is now set to head to the UK’s Supreme Court
The time is right
Gerry Northwood, of MAST, believes the time is right to enforce global maritime security standards
Gard
New claims leader
UK P&I Club
New regional advisor
Norwegian Club
First London office
Chubb Global Markets
marine team leaders appointed
Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage Association)
Expands ports and harbours team
Reed Smith
New Singapore partner
Clyde & Co
London relocation
Mooring risks and their implications
A study by the UK P&I Club into mooring risks has produced a number of important findings. Equipment used during
mooring was generally found to be in good condition; however a significant number of vessels had worrying practices and
procedures in place. Petar Modev, of the UK P&I Club, discusses the findings