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Over the last few years, tanker owners have reaped large profits from selling their older tonnage to (in many cases) newly established buyers who have set up in various jurisdictions ranging from Dubai to Hong Kong. But who are these buyers and what are their intentions for these tankers? It is a fact that many of these tankers have ended up in the dark fleet […]

Historically, the carriage by sea of Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS) has not been subject to an in-force comprehensive international liability regime. Previously, liability for HNS related damage was governed by a fragmented patchwork of rules, drawing on general maritime conventions such as the Hague-Visby Rules, Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC) and sector-specific regimes like the Civil Liability Convention (CLC)/Fund Convention […]

On 22 May 2026, at its 111th session (MSC 111) in London, the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) adopted the long anticipated International Code of Safety for Maritime Autonomous Ships (MASS Code). The MASS Code, which applies to cargo ships covered under SOLAS Chapter 1, is the first international framework to govern the safe operation of autonomous and remotely operated commercial […]