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The Gothenburg Port Authority has announced a new concept to provide shoreside power to tankers berthed at the Energy Terminal in a safe, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective way.

This Alert looks at the question of whether it is possible to contract out of or waive the right to limit liability under the 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims and if so, what is required in order to do so.

In a previous post, we reported on the decision in "Falkonera Shipping Co v Arcadia Energy Pte Ltd".

A vessel was chartered for one voyage from "1-2 load berth chop always afloat Santander" to a port in the UK.

In the Aconcagua Bay [2018] EWHC 654, the Commercial Court Judge differentiated "always accessible" from "reachable on arrival", holding that the term berth "always accessible" refers not only to entry, but also to the departure of the vessel from berth.

On 1 January 2020 amendments to the International Maritime Organization's (IMO's) International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) enters into force.

The High Court held that expenses incurred by the Owners of a Vessel hijacked in negotiating the reduction of the ransom demanded by pirates are allowable in GA.

The Tribunal was required to decide whether the parties to the arbitration had in fact concluded a fixture.

In this case the Commercial Court considered the meaning of "within port limits" in the context of a charterparty on an amended Gencon 94 form which provided that:

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office is gradually lengthening the role of prosecutions for overseas corruption with an important new prosecution, and clear indications that more are in the pipeline.

A recent decision demonstrates the English courts' resolve in the enforcement of arbitration awards and court orders.

The Australian Privacy Commissioner determined otherwise

On 25 October 2013, China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China passed an amendment to modernise the Law on Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests (Consumer Protection Law), the first overhaul since it’s adoption in 1993.

The idea behind the reforms is to promote economic growth by allowing businesses to benefit from greater protection of counterfeit goods and to encourage innovation by clarifying legal requirements.

Coinciding with ‘Data Protection Day’ on 27 January 2014, the European Commission released a memorandum confirming the status of the anticipated reform of the European data protection framework.

In January 2012, the European Commission presented a legislative package to update the core data protection principles enshrined in the 1995 Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC).

The European Commission has published its draft adequacy decision on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the proposed data transfer framework that would replace the defunct Safe Harbor program.

On 3 October 2017, the Irish High Court held that it is up to the ECJ to determine whether Standard Contractual Clauses are a valid method of transferring personal data outside of the EU...