Lloyd's Shipping & Trade Law

A recent area of activity in charterparty provisions relating to the IMO's operational carbon intensity indicator (CII) regulation1 (the CII Regulation) has led to the emergence of rider terms (ie a CII clause) for time and voyage charterparties, seeking to allocate risk, responsibility and cost of compliance as between owners and charterers. BIMCO published its proposed templates in 20222 and 20233 respectively, together the "BIMCO CII Clauses". A variety of alternatives are used in different trades.

Supply chain management (SCM) has become a popular term in recent years due to global challenges such as Covid-19, the Suez Canal obstruction, trade wars, conflict between Russia and Ukraine and competition in new energy industries. Yet what is a supply chain? How does it link with law? How can the two fields strengthen each other's understanding?

A fanciful risk of prosecution for breach of sanctions

Contractual anti-suit injunction and non-contractual claims