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Practical articles on GAFTA, FOSFA, LMAA, English law, charterparties, shipping and international trade.
If you have received a GAFTA notice of arbitration, the time for appointing an arbitrator is already running: nine days…
In July 2026, after a series of strikes on merchant ships off Odesa, shipowners all but stopped calling at Ukrainian…
The buyers of a tanker failed to pay for the vessel by midnight in Norway, and nine minutes later the…
Missing the time limit to start GAFTA or FOSFA arbitration means risking your entire claim — even when you are…
Rice that has comfortably passed quality control in the country of origin can turn out to be “unfit” in the…
Cargo has been discharged at the port of discharge without presentation of the original bill of lading — against the…
When a charterer fails to load the vessel fully — supplies less cargo than agreed, supplies it late so that…
Cotton is one of the most fragmented commodity markets in the world: thousands of ginners, hundreds of intermediate traders, and…
A CIF grain contract, shipment period: July. The vessel is brought alongside on 30 July, loading runs all night, and…