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Shipping, International Trade and Logistics

The Future of Autonomous Shipping Lies in Cyber Resilience

In the last issue of Calypso, we talked about the legal considerations and implications linked to the world of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS).

This follow-up article will dig a little deeper into the related cybersecurity risks and issues, one of the key challenges that autonomous ships owners and operators will face as the MASS market entrenches itself into the wider maritime sector.…

15 September 2022

Betting On Crypto Amidst The Fallout

Law Bites – August 2022

Following from the fall of the TerraUSD algorithmic stablecoin, there has been much talk on the risks faced by the various stakeholders in the crypto space. In particular, retail investors looking to purchase cryptocurrencies are a segment of the market who are particularly vulnerable.…

19 August 2022

The Use Of E-signatures In Documents

Law Bites – July 2022 The changes brought about by COVID-19 has forced businesses to re-think the efficiency of their processes. One way in which businesses have sought to improve efficiency is by incorporating e-signatures into their standard operating procedures. The benefits of e-signatures are uncontroversial.…

1 August 2022

What Are The Risks To Crypto Investors?

Law Bites – July 2022

The cryptocurrency market has taken a real beating in recent months with the world’s most traded digital currency, Bitcoin, tumbling 70% in value, now hovering around US$20,000. The total crypto market capitalisation has also plunged by nearly two-thirds.…

19 July 2022

The Brave New World of Autonomous Shipping

The size of the global Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) market is projected by Allied Market Research to reach $165 billion by 2030 with the Asia Pacific region expected to drive much of that growth.

Earlier this year, The Nippon Foundation, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, and Shin Nihonkai Ferry successfully deployed Soleil, a large, vehicle-carrying ferry, on an autonomous 240-kilometer return voyage from the port of Shinmoji in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, to the Iyonada sea off the eastern coast of nearby Ōita Prefecture.…

14 July 2022

Transforming Your Supply Chain – Legal Considerations In A New Era

Over the past 24 months, businesses in Southeast Asia, a region that has a passing through of US$3.4 trillion worth of trade annually, have been forced to focus on and reassess their global supply chains. These businesses are on a journey of transforming their supply chains, to mitigate and de-risk their businesses, and are doing so by redirecting their supply chains and production facilities closer to home.…

13 July 2022

SNAPSHOTS – Three Important Shipping Cases in 2021

Law Bites Special – June 2022 When is a Bill of Lading Not a Bill of Lading?

The Luna [2021] SGCA 84

Brief facts:

R sold bunkers on FOB terms to subsidiaries of OW Bunker (the “Buyers”). The Buyers nominated various bunker barges (of which A were the demise charterers/owners) for loading of bunkers at Vopak Terminal on various dates in October 2014.…

21 June 2022

Conditional Fee Arrangements Now An approved Form Of Dispute Resolution Funding In Singapore

Law Bites – June 2022

On 4 May 2022, the Legal Profession (Conditional Fee Agreement) Regulations 2022 (the “Regulations”) came into force and heralded Singapore’s newfound acceptance of Conditional Fee Agreements (“CFAs”). Singapore-qualified lawyers and law practices and certain registered foreign lawyers and law practices are now permitted to enter CFAs with clients in relation to domestic and international arbitrations (regardless of seat), certain Singapore International Commercial Court proceedings, and related court and mediation proceedings.…

16 June 2022

Navigating The Ever-changing World of ESG: It’s Now or Never

Law Bites – June 2022

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) has become an inextricable part of how companies do business. While the individual elements of ESG are intertwined, it is an incredibly daunting task for companies to adopt and implement effective ESG strategies as the expectations related to those elements are everchanging.…

10 June 2022

Overview Of Legal Developments In Singapore’s Data Protection Landscape

Law Bites – May 2022

Data protection officers and in-house legal counsel responsible for their organization’s compliance with personal data protection laws have key roles to play in this digital age which has drastically increased the ways in which organizations collect and use personal data.…

17 May 2022

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