London-based legal firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has issued a briefing paper on the potential implications of Brexit from a maritime law point of view.

The UK Supreme Court has on Wednesday ruled in favour of bankrupt OW Bunker in a case named Res Cogitans, and dismissed an appeal by a shipowner to not pay for the bunker fuel received.

The setting up of the Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre (EMAC) and appointment of its Chairman and Board of Trustees has been confirmed by decrees issued by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and...

International law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has entered into a formal association with China’s Wintell & Co, which operates in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone and in Tianjin.

Transas ceo Frank Coles says it is “insanity” that all liability is still placed on the Master of a ship even though the operating environment has changed.

China-based Fujian Crown Ocean Shipbuilding’s continued delays in wage payments to its workers have prompted a local court to implement an enforcement order on the company to clear the salary arrears, reports said.

A local Chinese court has pushed back its decision on an application by a creditor bank to liquidate distressed shipbuilder Sainty Marine.

With so many individuals having a stake in the future of shipping in Dubai, calls are growing for an increase in the sophistication of the legal machinery governing the emirate, with many participants seeking industry-specific improvements to...

Container carrier APL has agreed to pay $9.8m to the US government to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, according to the US Justice Department.

China’s Nantong Dongxin Shipbuilding Heavy has held its first creditors’ meeting on 16 October to liquidate its assets, according to an announcement by the local Nantong court.