INTERLEGAL SHIPPING DIGEST Q2 2025
30 Червня, 2025
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In today’s maritime sector, marked by the dynamic development of transport operations, evolving regulatory frameworks, and the increasing complexity of cross-border disputes, the need for clear legal guidance is more critical than ever. Against a backdrop of shifting geopolitical, economic, and logistical conditions, market participants face ongoing legal and commercial challenges that require timely analysis and pragmatic solutions.
Shipping Digest provides structured insight into key topics related to maritime law, international trade, arbitration practice, and the application of legal norms in matters concerning cargo delivery, chartering, ship arrest, and interactions with port authorities. The content addresses both procedural and substantive legal aspects, including recent legislative reforms.
Through a combination of legal analysis and practical case summaries, the Digest offers a comprehensive overview of current mechanisms for protecting the interests of maritime stakeholders across both domestic and international jurisdictions.
What’s Inside
- Claims Handling in Action: Demurrage, GAFTA, and a $300,000 Victory for Our Team – stay informed on how demurrage claims exceeding $300,000 were resolved through GAFTA arbitration, leading to a favourable pre-award settlement. Understand how timely legal strategy can mitigate financial exposure in trade operations.
- Who Is a Proper Applicant Under the Claim on Arrest: Charterer or Consignee? – clarify the procedural status of parties in maritime claims. Learn who may be recognised as a proper applicant in ship arrest proceedings under Ukrainian and international law — and why misidentification can cost time and leverage.
- Supporting a Shipowner in a Tugboat Service Dispute: a Case of Imposed Towage in a Ukrainian Port – be aware of the legal risks surrounding mandatory port towage. Explore how dominant market practices may breach antitrust law and how shipowners can lawfully challenge imposed services.
- Making Legal History: Ukraine’s First Judgment on the Compulsory Unloading of a Vessel – review the precedent-setting case concerning cargo retention during martial law. Discover the court’s position on ownership, liability, and the role of written agreements in complex transport disruptions.
- Ship Arrest in Spain: Prompt Settlement by Interlegal – follow the step-by-step legal response to vessel detention in a foreign port. Learn how prompt coordination with local counsel enabled swift release and out-of-court settlement.
- FAQ. General Average: What Should We Know? – gain clarity on when general average applies and how costs are distributed among parties. Stay prepared by understanding the legal thresholds for declaring and proving a general average situation.
- UK’s New Arbitration Act 2025: A Brief Overview of Key Reforms – stay ahead of the latest reforms in English arbitration law. Learn how changes to jurisdiction, arbitrator disclosure, and summary disposal will affect dispute resolution in maritime and commercial cases.
- Clause Paramount One-Year Limitation Prevails Over Inconsistent Contractual Terms – examine how a recent UK Commercial Court ruling reaffirmed the primacy of the Hague Rules’ one-year limitation period. Understand why standard contractual clauses may not override statutory protections.
This edition includes insights prepared by legal practitioners with extensive experience in maritime and trade law:
- Karina Gorova, Associate Partner at Interlegal, Arbitrator at the ICAC at the Ukrainian CCI
- Taras Dragan, Advocate, Managing Associate at Interlegal
- Diana Mykhailova, Lawyer at Interlegal, LLM in International Maritime Law
Their contributions offer a concise and practice-oriented perspective on current legal developments in the shipping sector.
Explore these and other key subjects in the full edition available.
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