COVID-19: Vessel Owner Obligations,

 

 

 

 

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/covid-19-vessel-owner-obligations-part-i

COVID-19: Vessel Owner Obligations, Part I

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Vessel owners may have liability to their employees who become ill in the service of the ship and who may also expose other crew members. Vessel owners may also have obligations to third-party visitors and passengers exposed to COVID-19 while on board. Part I of this series will outline remedies available under the Jones Act and vessel owner liabilities.

What Remedies Are Available When an Employee or a Third Party Becomes Ill While on a Vessel?

The crew of a vessel have several remedies when they become ill while performing their work. Some remedies are based on fault; others are not. These remedies include maintenance and cure, the general maritime

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Force majeure doesn’t get ship operators off the loan repayments hook

 

 

 

Some owners have asked whether they can use force majeure to stop paying their banks. And the quick and easy answer to that one is ‘no’

 

British-based shipping companies are in principle eligible for government coronavirus support schemes, say lawyers, but unfortunately few seem to have business interruption insurance

SHIPPING COMPANIES THAT OPERATE DIRECTLY OUT OF THE UK IN LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE CITY OF LONDON (PICTURED) HAVE A STRONG CASE TO ARGUE THEY DESERVE UK GOVERNMENT SUPPORT IN FIGHTING THE CORONAVIRUS.

CHARTERPARTY disputes arising from coronavirus are unlikely to have a direct impact on owners’ financing arrangements, with the notable exception of prolonged

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EL RÉGIMEN JURÍDICO DE LAS EMPRESAS NAVIERAS

 

 

 

 

En relación con el artículo anterior, el Registro de Empresas Navieras es un registro abierto y lo es porque permite la inscripción de las empresas navieras sea cual sea su domicilio social.

En este sentido, conviene traer a colación los términos de redacción del párrafo 4. a) de la Disposición Adicional decimosexta de la LPMM : «Podrán solicitar su inscripción en el Registro Especial las empresas navieras siempre que tengan en Canarias el centro efectivo de control de la explotación de los buques o que, teniéndolo en el resto de España o en el extranjero, cuenten con un establecimiento o representación permanente en Canarias, a través del cual vayan a ejercer los derechos y cumplir las obligaciones atribuidas a las mismas por

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Brexit: maritime transport

 

 

 

Maritime transport

171.The UK is reliant on maritime transport to facilitate its trading activity. Over 90% of UK trade by volume is carried at sea.197 At 12.5%, UK ports handle the second highest share of seaborne freight in the EU.198 In addition, over 20 million passengers travel on sea routes to and from the UK each year.199 Both freight and passengers are handled by two distinct yet connected constituents of the maritime sector: shipping and ports.

172.Shipping can be broadly thought of in terms of short-sea routes, such as those connecting EU ports, and the deep-sea routes that cross oceans. Different services operate within those routes, varying in cargo and vessel types:

  • Cruise and passenger ferries;
  • Container ships, designed to transport

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