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The revised Environmental Crime Directive (ECD) has now been published in the Official Journal of the EU, and comes into force on 20 May 2024, replacing Directive 2008/99/EC and Directive 2009/123/EC....

The International Group is pleased to announce that from 20th February 2025, paperless trading systems will be ‘deemed approved’, if they comply with certain requirements.

The Club’s Benin correspondents, TCI Africa, have advised that vessels carrying bagged parboiled rice to Cotonou are experiencing serious berthing delays. In January 2013 the Nigerian government raised...

A case study in common time charter issues including: calculating the redelivery date and final hire due, withdrawal of the vessel from charter and the effect of withdrawal down the charter chain.

In December 2022 the 79th session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 79) adopted Resolution MEPC.361(79) establishing a Mediterranean Sea Emission Control Area for sulphur oxides...

While there is a history of sanctions imposed against various Myanmar governmental regimes since the late 1980s, a concerted multi-state sanction initiative began in 2021 as a result of the military coup...

The Association has received notice of cancellation from its reinsurers in respect of war risks liabilities arising within the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and Southern Red Sea.

The UK’s Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation or OTSI has recently published updated guidance to the freight and shipping sectors on how to avoid circumvention of sanctions against Russia.

On 12 March 2026, the National People’s Congress formally adopted the Ecological and Environmental Protection Code (the “Code”), marking a significant milestone in the continued development and consolidation...