Lloyd's Shipping & Trade Law

In April BIMCO released the latest edition of its popular standard ship management agreement SHIPMAN. This article provides an overview of the new form - SHIPMAN 2024 - and a comparison with the previous edition published 15 years ago. SHIPMAN is widely used in the shipping industry. It is a standard contractual framework that may include crew, technical and commercial management (including chartering services) as well as insurance arrangements in respect of a ship.

Liability for a slow-motion collision

Marine insurance claim under the Insurance Act 2015