The Singapore High Court has held in the case of the "EUROHOPE" (2017) SGHC 218 that a Singapore court would not allow a ship arrest if the sole purpose of the arrest ...

Shipping loans, including export credit financing and leasing, have been the traditional source of finance in shipping.

Maritime charterparties usually provide that, in the event of non-payment by the charterer, a shipowner can by way of a shipowner's lien claim payment of sub-hire or sub-freight due to the charterer from a third party sub-charterer.

Singapore is set to formally establish the National Space Agency of Singapore (NSAS) on 1 April, marking a strategic shift to consolidate its space capabilities and capture a larger slice of the global space economy.

An area of drone use which is starting to be discussed more is their use by insurers to further understand the risks that they write and respond to claims.

The saga began when Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services Pte Ltd (the "Plaintiff") commenced an in rem action against the Bunga Melati 5 which was a ship belonging to MISC Berhad.

In a judgment that must serve as a model of clarity, Steven Chong J explained why justice demanded that the plaintiff had to compensate the defendant for its act in arresting the defendant's vessel.

When we think of piracy, Somalia and the 2013 Hollywood movie Captain Phillips comes to mind. It's the story about the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama in 2009 and the capture of its American Captain.

On 12 January 2018, Singapore's Minister of State for Transport, Lam Pin Min, launched Singapore's new "Sea Transport Industry Transformation Map."

In the recent case of D'Amico Shipping Italia SPA v Endofa DMCC & Anor (2016), the Commercial Court looked at the issue of when freight is payable as a debt.

On 26 May 2020, the Singapore Parliament passed a Bill to amend the High Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Act (Cap. 123, 2001 Rev Ed) (the "Act"), which will become...

The result of fatigue is impaired performance and diminished alertness. A common symptom of fatigue is a change in the level of risk that a person accepts.

Tips for the aviation sector.

The Singapore High Court held in The "Long Bright" [2018] SGHC 216 that where the court has ordered the sale of an arrested vessel.

The office of an interpleading suit is not to protect a party against a double liability, but against double vexation in respect of one liability.

Allianz Insurance recently made headlines for underwriting a fully driverless autonomous vehicle ("AV") service in Singapore.

The recent case of The "Mount Apo" and the "Hanjin Ras Laffan" [2019] SGHC 57 brings to mind difficulties that may sometimes be encountered in proving the factual and legal status of a bareboat

On 27 May 2016, South Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., once the country's fourth-largest shipbuilding firm by revenue, filed for court-supervised rehabilitation, in the Seoul Central District Court.

The Singapore High Court considered for the first time the juridical nature of a contractual lien on sub-freights.

Singapore has traditionally been a favourable jurisdiction for financiers to enforce their mortgage over vessels.