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How may “disembarkation” affect your potential claims for personal injury against the carrier?

Disembarkation refers to the process whereby a person moves from a vessel to a safe position on the shore. Potential legal issues may arise where a passenger gets injured during his or her disembarkation due to the malfunction of the equipment used to facilitate the disembarkation but that particular equipment in fact belongs to a third party...

Shipping News Highlights

• Collision near Shanghai in January 2018

• Illegal oil trade with North Korea

• The port with the highest connectivity – Shanghai

• UK Maritime Services and the imminent Brexit
  
  

Recent Cases Highlights

• Transgrain Shipping (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Yangtze Navigation (Hong Kong) Co Ltd

• Agarwal Coal Corporation (S) Pte Ltd v Harmony Innovation Shipping Pte Ltd

• Oddy v Waterway Partnership Equities Inc.

Shipping Q & A

What are the responsibilities of a port owner? (I)

In light of the importance of the port sector, the Department for Transport of the UK Government published the Ports Good Governance Guidance in March 2018 to set out the good governance guidance and the key principles of openness, accountability and fitness for the Statutory Harbour Authorities England...

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