Tag: lawsuit

Environmental and Indigenous groups are in Federal Court, challenging the Minister of Environment and Climate Change’s approval of Bay du Nord, a controversial $12-billion oil and gas project proposed off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. 

Shipping giant AP Moeller-Maersk is suing Evergreen in a Danish court, seeking compensation for delays caused by the blockage of the Suez Canal when the Ever Given ran aground on March 23rd, 2021

The last sections of the wrecked car carrier Golden Ray were removed from the waters near Brunswick, Georgia six months ago, but the legal battles over the shipwreck are far from over.

Hyundai announced that it has filed a legal suit to the European Commission’s decision, after the latter blocked the planned merger of the South Korea’s company shipbuilding operations with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.

Houston-based pipeline owner Amplify Energy Corp sued two major container ship operators and an organization that helps oversee marine traffic, saying they failed to prevent last fall’s underwater pipeline leak off the Southern California coast.

US company MCS Industries has filed a complaint with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) against global container lines for violation of their contractual obligations.

Attorneys for salvors Donjon-SMIT filed a lawsuit against the USCG last week, aiming to stop salvage operations that are currently underway for the capsized car carrier Golden Ray. The lawsuit relates to USCG's decision to allow the vessel owner to tender for third-party contractors who were not part of the approved response plan, to dismantle the ship on fixed-price instead of cost-plus terms.

On Monday, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear a lawsuit by farmers and fishermen in western India against the World Bank's International Finance Corp, which provided $450 million in loans for a coal-fired plant near Mundra, in Gujarat, that they blame for damaging the environment and their livelihoods.

US-based Blank Rome law firm informed that, during the last year, there has been a substantial rise in lawsuits filed against many consumer-facing websites regarding violations of Title III of Americans with Disabilities Act, with plaintiffs alleging that these websites are not accessible to people with vision, hearing, or other disabilities.

Standard P&I Club issued an article  focusing on the effect of cyber crime on charter parties. For charterers, the major risks are financial loss and data theft, which can lead to reputational damage, lawsuits, business interruption and regulatory action.