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Muthu Jagannath

Muthu Jagannath is the Director of NAU Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based marine claims consultancy specialising in Transport Liability, P&I, and Hull & Machinery claims. With decades of experience in maritime law and claims management, he advises shipowners, operators, and cargo interests across the Asia-Pacific region. Jagan is a regular contributor to international maritime conferences including ICMA and writes extensively on developments in shipping law, bills of lading, general average, and arbitration.

Ballast General Average

We had the opportunity earlier to listen to the talk of Ms Nanami Hara, Fellow of the Association of Average Adjusters (“AAA”), and who spoke on “Ballast General Average – No Cargo? No Problem!”. For those interested in learning more…

Arbitration – Consumer Contracts

When we recently reviewed a Singapore travel insurance policy, we noted that it provided for SIAC arbitrationi as the Dispute Resolution process. While we generally support arbitration as an efficient means of resolving disputes, we were somewhat surprised by this…

90% Salvage Security

Following a casualty in which salvage services were engaged, Salvors would seek adequate security prior to releasing the property involved in the adventure. We had earlier written on a similar topic, Salvage & General Average – Excessive Security, and are…

The Cherry Express

The Cherry Express was in the news in the early party of this year (2025). This loss is related to damage to cargoes of Chilean Fruit (perishable cargo in reefers) loaded in Maersk Saltoroi and which became adrift for 23 days…

The Counterfactual Defence

The term “counterfactual” came into prominence after the English judgement on Unicredit Bank A.G. v Euronav N.V. (“The Sienna”). This word was used once in the High Court Judgement (Para 17) and six times in the Court of Appeal judgement.…

Contract of/for Carriage

For the early part of my career, I was unable to distinguish the difference between “of” and “for”, particularly, when it was used either for Contract of or for Carriage. This may be understandable given that English is not my…