Disputes invariably arise in International business and which may be due to many factors including biases, different understanding of the facts, parties based at different jurisdictions including different legal systems i.e., common or civil lawi, etc. The shipping industry has…
There have been enough tomesi written on Notice of Readiness (“NOR”) and the intention of this article is not to add on to these. Given that issues on NOR’s regularly rears up, the Association of Maritime International Commercial Interests &…
A Foreign Arbitral award can be enforced in India in the following three ways: Award can be enforced as per the provisions of S 47 to S 48 of the (Indian) Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (Indian Arbitration Act). If…
Following our earlier article, The Singapore Multimodal Transport Act 2021 (“SMTA 21”), we were contacted by Land Transport Authorityi, the Singapore Licensing Authority and who advised us that the provisions of the SMTA 21 is not mandatory but optional. This…
The Singapore parliament, on 05th Jan 2021, passed the Multimodal Transport Billi to facilitate the ratification of the ASEAN framework agreement on Multimodal Transportii. At the time of passing the act, the date of application of the Act was left…
If parties are unable to resolve the dispute by themselves, they should ideally consider a process which would lead to the resolution of their disputes with minimum of costs and time. If the parties agree to, say arbitration as the…
The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Middle East Branch has initiated the Capt. Harry Subramaniam Memorial Knowledge Series and in which they cover various topics related to the industry in a webinar. Capt. Harry Subramaniam was one of India’s greatest seafarer…
Webinar on Marine Insurance conducted by SVKM’s NMIMS on 03rd Sep 2021 and which can be viewed at
Webinar conducted by Gujarat Maritime University on 06th Sep 2021 on the The Role of P&I / Claims Correspondent in Shipping Matters which can be viewed at
The easing of the Covid-19 restrictions on dining in meant that we can finally meet in person and sit down for a meal together. Despite the advances of virtual meetings, nothing beats having in-person meetings for ideas to flow, and…