In celebration of the International Day for Women in Maritime, John Sze, our Deputy Managing Partner, sat down with Ms. Tan Beng Tee, Executive Director of the Singapore Maritime Foundation,
Key players from the shipping industry were in Singapore last week for Singapore Maritime Week (SMW) and the Singapore Shipping Forum, where themes discussed included decarbonisation, digitisation of the shipping
One of the panel sessions on this year’s Singapore Maritime Week explored the potential readiness for alternative fuel options such as hydrogen as well as the associated operational infrastructure challenges
On 13 February 2023, the Tripartite Committee on Workplace Fairness (the “Committee”) released its interim report with its recommendations for workplace fairness legislation (“WFL”). The committee was formed in July
Properly drafted contracts should (and usually do) have: 1. A clause specifying the system of law that governs the contract; and 2. A clause specifying how and where disputes arising
A common misconception is that any and every commercial dispute can be resolved via arbitration. However, this is not the case. Under Singapore law, some types of commercial disputes cannot
With the aim of mitigating the use of corporate vehicles for illicit purposes, Singapore has implemented enhancements to the transparency of Singapore’s corporate governance regime, which came into effect on
The nature of maritime disputes can be complex and wide ranging; disputes can arise out of ship mortgages, ship repairs, demurrage, wharfage and dockage, charterparties, marine insurance, seafarer’s employment, and
In very recent years, there has been an increase in the number of shipbuilding contracts for the first time following the 2008 financial crisis. Many vessels commissioned around the shipping
Ahead of the COP 27 climate conference kicking off in Sharm el-Sheikh last week, the United Nations published a report stating that the world is on target to reach 2.8
What happens when an arresting party changes the basis of its arrest after a vessel has been arrested? In the Jeil Crystal, the plaintiff bank abandoned its original claim against
While Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) may not be on every shipping company board’s agenda, this is likely to change very soon. Maritime transport represents a significant source of greenhouse
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