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Our correspondents in Dubai have kindly passed us updates from the Maritime Authorities in the UAE and Bahrain following the implementation of the low sulphur regime on 1 January 2020. With thanks to GAC Dubai for this update.
Should you have any queries in relation to this post please contact the Claims team in London, Dubai or Shanghai.
A recent unanimous decision in RTI Ltd v MUR Shipping BV [2024] UKSC 18, the English Supreme Court has recently overturned an earlier Court of Appeal ruling, and restored a High Court judge’s decision that where there is contractual requirement to exercise reasonable endeavours to overcome a force majeure event, those provisions do not oblige the affected party to accept an offer of non-contractual performance.
This case concerns an appeal under s.69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 and the proper construction of a bespoke ‘anti-deduction’ clause under a time charter.
The English High Court decision in the “Afra Oak” deals with the issue of whether Owners can rely on Article IV rule 2(a) of the Hague Rules as a Defence to a claim that Owners are in breach of the obligation to follow employment orders given by the Charterers.
