21/01/2013
A court in southeast Yemen on Saturday jailed three Somali pirates for 10 years each after convicting them
19/01/2013
A Chinese court has seized a chemical tanker being built at Jiangyan Shipbuilding after the privately-owned yard
18/01/2013
Police from the Ministry of Public Security have detained Do Quoc Khanh, the former general director of the Vietnam
16/01/2013
The Supreme Court issued notice to the Centre on a public interest litigation petition for expediting the release
16/01/2013
In the first case prosecuted under Japan's 2009 antipiracy law, two Somali men pleaded guilty Tuesday in Tokyo District
13/01/2013
In Falkonera Shipping Co v Arcadia Energy Pte Ltd (The “Falkonera”), the Court considered issues arising from
10/01/2013
The trial of 11 suspected Somali pirates who were arrested by the Dutch Navy on high seas after they
03/01/2013
The Joint Task Force, JTF, operating in the Niger Delta has arrested a vessel suspected to be carrying 1, 000 tonnes
24/12/2012
Settling a 12-year-old labor case, the Supreme Court has upheld the awarding of $60,000 (about P2.5 million) in
17/12/2012
Mr Justice Christopher Clarke finds that SCF Group’s subsidiary Novoship (UK) Limited (“NOUK”) and the related
12/12/2012
Berlian Laju Tankers (BLT) Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in the US has been extended until mid-March.
12/12/2012
U.S. News and World report released the results for 2013 “Best Law Firm,” naming Blank Rome LLP as the top firm
05/12/2012
Legal action could be taken against a shipping company that reportedly abandoned 34 of its sailors in Bahrain.
29/11/2012
Singapore's High Court has given more time for debt-ridden Berlian Laju Tanker (BLT) to continue its restructuring plan.
26/11/2012
Some international ship registries do not require ship mortgages to specify the amount being secured by the underlying obligations. However, in Norway, a ship mortgage is required not only to identify the property to be mortgaged, but also to specify the maximum amount which is secured under the mortgage. What happens when a foreign ship mortgage is to be enforced against a foreign vessel located in Norway? Is a foreign-registered
22/11/2012
The First Hall of the Civil Court presided by Mr Justice Mark Chetcuti ordered the owners of Italian gas tanker
22/11/2012
The company that owns MT Pratibha Cauvery, the tanker which ran aground here during cyclone Nilam and
14/11/2012
Titan Petrochemicals has announced that the Supreme Court of Bermuda has delayed the case into its
13/11/2012
Indian Navy and coast guard officials will now take lessons on laws of sea and maritime at the Gujarat National
08/11/2012
Four Somalis are set tobe tried for piracy and violence against Dutch troops. The suspects arrived at Eindhoven