ArticleThe Most Investible Brands In The Driverless MarketAs the anticipation around the driverless vehicle market starts revving up, more and more investors are looking for a way to participate in this growth.United KingdomTechnologyGowling WLG
ArticleThe A&D Minute: Disruption Continues To ReignGlobal aerospace and defense industry leaders will soon descend on Le Bourget for a 55th Paris Air...WorldwideGovernment, Public SectorAlixPartners Asia LLC
ArticleLebanon And Israel Sign A Historic Maritime Boundary Deal, Triggering The Immediate Commencement Of Exploration And Exploitation Of Oil And Gas Fields In The Mediterranean SeaFollowing-up on our earlier blog post (available here), the leaders of both Israel and Lebanon have yesterday signed a historic deal delimiting their maritime boundaries, marking a new era for both countries and...WorldwideInternational LawHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
ArticleBerylls By AlixPartners TOP 100 Supplier Study 2025With the TOP 100 Supplier Study 2025, Berylls by AlixPartners is shedding light on the developments and challenges of the world's 100 largest automotive suppliers for the fourteenth time in a row this year. WorldwideStrategyAlixPartners Asia LLC
ArticleUK – Captain Of Detained Oil Tanker Charged With Sanctions OffenceFurther to our earlier post on the UK’s seizure of the Smyrtos oil tanker, the UK’s National Crime Agency has announced that Indian national Ajay Pant, has been charged...United KingdomInternational LawDuane Morris LLP
Article2025 Container Shipping Outlook: Navigating The CrosscurrentsWell, that was unexpected. With some 3 million 20-foot-equivalent units (TEU) in new capacity poised to come online in 2024, after 3 years of controlled capital spending, carriers went into the year anticipating a reversion ...United KingdomTransportAlixPartners Asia LLC
Article2026 Container Shipping Outlook: Steady Sailing In Choppy SeasThere's one thing container shipping operators are sure of: disruption is good for business. And the 2020s have given us some truly dire disruptions: a blocked canal, a global pandemic, armed conflicts on land and sea, bitter trade disputes, and we could go on. In the wake of the upheaval has come a volatile business environment, elevated rates, and record earningsUnited KingdomTransportAlixPartners Asia LLC
ArticleArrival The Latest EV Manufacturer To Face Financial ConstraintsArrival has announced 800 jobs are at risk while it seeks to avoid exhausting its cash reserves. As with many development-rich engineering businesses, the UK-based developer of electric vehicles...United KingdomTransportMarks & Clerk
ArticleBMW's Bet On Hydrogen CarsBMW's decision to focus on hydrogen technology for passenger cars sets them apart from most automakers, who favor battery-electric vehicles. The move, noted in their extensive hydrogen-related patents, is expected to result in hydrogen cars available by 2028United KingdomTransportMarks & Clerk
Article...But Laser Beams And Plasma Jets Are More Fun!Following up on my post from yesterday, which highlighted a simple system for keeping rails free of leaves, known as the "Sand Rover", in which wire brushes sweep the rail...United KingdomTransportMarks & Clerk
ArticleClosing The Books And Clearing The Decks - The Taikoo Brilliance [2026] EWCA - Chris Smith KC & Maya ChilaevaThe Court of Appeal has resolved two previously undetermined questions under the Hague/Hague-Visby Rules: whether proceedings brought solely to obtain security constitute a "suit" for time bar purposes, and what must be stated on a bill of lading for cargo to qualify as "deck cargo" excluded from the Rules' application. These issues arose in a dispute over alleged misdelivery of timber cargo aboard the TAIKOO BRILLIANCE. United KingdomTransportQuadrant Chambers
ArticleDrone Superhighway Announced For The UKThe field of drones continues to develop at a rapid pace, from the hobbyists like myself flying First Person View (FPV) quadcopters for fun, to semi or fully autonomous Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs)...United KingdomTransportMarks & Clerk
ArticleFelicity Edwards, Director, Comments On Today's UK Monthly Automotive Manufacturing Figures (28.08)"Today's SMMT figures point to an encouraging upturn with production rising for the second successive month. That said, we cannot underestimate the scale of the challenges...United KingdomTransportAlixPartners Asia LLC
ArticleGreen-Powered Locomotives!Continuing the theme of zero or low carbon emissions in the locomotive sector, I look forward to reading more about a battery powered shunting locomotive...United KingdomTransportMarks & Clerk
ArticleMotor Deals Market UpdateDespite differences between many aspiring sellers' price expectations and what buyers may be prepared to pay – as well as uncertainty around future dealer profitability, ...United KingdomTransportBirketts
ArticleMotor Sector Regulatory Update – July 2023On 1 June 2023 the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Order (MVBEO) came into force in the UK (referred to in the article "The Agency Model: Further Update" by Mark Gipson).United KingdomTransportBirketts
VideoQuadrant Chambers Shipping Review Of The Year (Video)Quadrant Chambers hosted the successful Shipping Review of the Year at Merchant Taylor's Hall; our panel of five included Simon Rainey KC, Nigel Cooper KC, James M Turner KC, Chris Smith KC and Paul Toms. United KingdomTransportQuadrant Chambers
ArticleThe Airline Insolvency Bill - The Slow Path To ReformThe UK Government recently responded to The House of Commons Transport Committee's Report, titled "UK aviation: reform for take-off". The Report makes a number of recommendations...United KingdomTransportReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleWhy It Is Worth Seeking Professional Representation For Road Traffic Offences This ChristmasAmidst the bustling excitement of the Christmas season, it's not uncommon for important post to get overlooked in the flurry of festive activities.United KingdomTransportGorvins Solicitors
ArticleWorld's First Liquid Hydrogen FlightAn exciting development from Germany and Solvenia has seen the world's first flight powered by liquid hydrogen. Even though hydrogen powered planes have been tested for a while...United KingdomTransportMarks & Clerk