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This article is part 4 of a quarterly issue covering transport and shipping cases from Australia and around the world.

In April 2007 the Australian Attorney General announced Government support to boost Australia as a regional centre for maritime and transport arbitration. The Australian Government announced the formation of the Australian Maritime and Transport Arbitration Commission to encourage and facilitate maritime and other transport arbitrations as a preferred method of commercial dispute resolution in Australia.

The article explores the scope of the risks, potential exposures and the means of risk mitigation by maritime industries.

Recent decision provides clarity & confirms the power of the master of the ship to arrest or confine a person at common law.

The Suiso Frontier, the world's first liquefied hydrogen ship, has departed Australia for Kobe, Japan.

The insurer was not liable to indemnify as the cargo was insured only from 19 May 2018 rather than from 18 May 2018.

For countless Australians, Summer presents the perfect opportunity to get out of the house, head to the water and cool down with a dip in the ocean,...

The marine insurance market establishes loss that is not actual total loss by defining it as constructive total loss.

A clause to cancel a scheduled cruise and forfeit all fares paid was an "unfair term" under the Australian Consumer Law.

Australian businesses may be exposed to the risk of modern slavery breaches arising in their global supply chains.

A recent CoR prosecution highlights the ongoing policy to pursue consignors, loaders and consignees.

A new Marine Pollution Act will introduces several significant new offences and obligations for marine pollution in 2014.

It is estimated that port costs account for one third of supply chain costs of shipping wheat overseas.

A recent decision of the English Commercial Court provided an opportunity for reconsideration of the law of inherent vice and the concept of inevitable loss in marine insurance. The case creates no new law but reaffirms the decision of the House of Lords in Soya GmbH Mainz KG v White [1982] 1 Lloyd's Rep 136.

This article discusses what can happen in a liquidation for a creditor of a company in the maritime industry.

The Marine Pollution Bill 2011 (NSW) was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 7 March 2012 and implements the MARPOL convention.

The case is useful, significantly for its commentary of the defence regarding the rule relating to fraudulent devices.