Tag: court

The Hague maritime disciplinary court has ruled against the captain of the vessel Alaskaborg, a Dutch General Cargo Vessel, for failing to act as a good seaman and act responsibly in relation to the environment.

A Korean man has been charged by the Royal Gibraltar Police for court, following an oil spill in the Bay of Gibraltar earlier this month.

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (K Line) were respectively fined $1.5 million and $460,000 by the Ontario Superior Court for their role in an international conspiracy that reduced competition for the shipment of vehicles to Canada.

Stolt-Nielsen reported today that the Court of Appeals has affirmed by two to one, in all material respects the ruling on liability from 2018 by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York regarding the 2012 incident on board the MSC Flaminia. Stolt Tank Containers BV has been found at fault together with Deltech for 45% and 55%, respectively.

Climate NGO Opportunity Green has put forward a supporting submission to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) urging it to consider shipping emissions in its opinion.

According to documents provided by the US Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of California, Denys Korotkiy, chief engineer was convicted by a federal jury in Southern California of conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice, and failure to maintain an accurate oil record book for the vessel.

The duty commander of a Norwegian Navy frigate that sank in 2018 after colliding with an oil tanker was found guilty of negligence by a Norwegian court.

Earlier this week, The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom concluded that it was too late for a group of Nigerian claimants to sue two Shell companies over the Nigeria Bonga oil spill in 2011.

Mr. Ian MacLean, Partner, Master Mariner & Deputy Head of Office at Hill Dickinson answers key questions with regards to the Ever Given:(a) why did the court find SMIT were entitled to salvage remuneration? (b) a rare opportunity to see contemporaneous owner / salvor correspondence; and (c) what litigation risk lessons are there? 

The Norwegian Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the Svalbard Treaty does not grant the right to catch snow crab on the continental shelf off the coast of Svalbard.