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DMC/SandT/25/07 England THE OWNERS OF THE “X-PRESS MAHANADA” v THE OWNERS OF THE “BURGAN” English Admiralty Court: Cockerill J: [2025] EWHC 721 (Admlty): 26 March 2025 Judgment Available on BAILII @ https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admlty/2025/721.html Lionel Persey KC (instructed by Holman Fenwick Willan LLP) for the X-PRESS MAHANADA (the “XPM”) Nigel Jacobs KC (instructed by Stann Law Limited) for the BURGAN (the “BURGAN”) ADMIRALTY: COLLISION: APPLICATION OF RULE […]

Kazakhstan is the world’s largest exporter of uranium. Kazakhstan is party to 53 bilateral investment treaties, including with the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany and Japan and the multilateral Energy Charter Treaty. These give investors from counterpart countries the right to have their investments treated to a certain standard by Kazakhstan and to refer claims against Kazakhstan for breaches of those rights to binding arbitration. […]

By Carly Fields Over half of the global ship orderbook by gross tonnage comprises vessels capable of running on alternative fuels, but less than 10% of the existing global fleet can utilise these greener technologies, demonstrating the challenges in ‘going for green’. The Role of Shipbuilding in Maritime Decarbonisation: Impacts of Technology Developments and Policy Measures report from the OECD highlights a preference for “fuel […]