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The UK Court granted a mandatory injunction after a telephonic hearing on the urgent need to release an arrested vessel

The UK Court handed down a decision after a remote hearing by telephone and granted to the Claimant time charterer an urgent mandatory injunction compelling the Defendant voyage charterer to provide security to enable the release of a vessel which was under arrest in Singapore...

Shipping News Highlights

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• Coronavirus: Cruise operators excluded from US bailout
• EU suspends separate shipyard merger probes
• US exporters hit out at punitive charges

Recent Cases Highlights

• Daelim Corporation v Bonita Company Limited, Eastern Media International Corporation, Far Eastern Silo & Shipping (Panama) S.A.
• Shanghai Shipyard Co Ltd v Reignwood International Investment (Group) Company Limited
• Qatar National Bank (QPSC) v The Owners of the Yacht Force India

Shipping Q & A

What measures could be adopted to facilitate maritime trade during the COVID-19 pandemic?

The G20 Leaders agreed that they should work to ensure the flow of vital medical supplies, critical agricultural products, and other goods and services across borders and to resolve disruptions to the global supply chains amidst the pandemic. In this regard, international shipping organizations have proposed a list of recommendations to the IMO...

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