India Relaxes Cabotage Law

Foreign-flagged ships will no longer need to obtain a license from India’s Director General of Shipping to engage in coastal shipping in the country.

Final Negotiations On New Law Of The Sea Regulations Begin In July; Woc Webinars Will Brief Ocean Business Community

The 4th (and final) U.N. meeting to negotiate a new legally binding instrument to expand the Law of the Sea to...

Delay on cleaner shipping fuel law would put more than 200,000 lives at stake

The on-time implementation (in 2020) of a global low-sulphur fuel law for ships would prevent 200,000 premature deaths globally, a health study by a group of leading researchers from the United States and Finland reveals.

EU insolvency law protection can apply to non-EU ships

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea says that ships have the nationality of their flag state, and that ships are subject exclusively to the flag state’s jurisdiction on the high seas. The flag state also has a duty to assume jurisdiction o

HK Liner Association Wants Shipping Exempted from Competition Law

The Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association has filed a request for block exemption from Hong Kong’s...

HK Liner Association Wants Shipping Exempted from Competition Law

The Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association has filed a request for block exemption from Hong Kong’s competition regulations that entered into force on Monday, December 14th outlawing inter alia vessel-sharing agreements. ...

Oil price fall could put spanner in the works for OSV market warns S'pore law firm

The steep fall in the oil price could lead to OSV charterers trying to exit charters concluded before the decline warns Singapore law firm Oon & Bazul. ...