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Nov 13, 2024 | 
lesteraldridge.com | Gavin Fernandes |Matt Gilks |Helen Whitaker |Linda Jacques
Since 2022, UK governments have looked to remedy the employment issues which arose from P&O’s decision to fire approximately 800 UK-based seafarers without warning or consultation and to replace them with largely cheaper foreign agency workers.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
lesteraldridge.com | Beyza Torlak |Theo Westrip |Chengcheng Zheng |Linda Jacques
The carriage by air of cargo is regulated by domestic law, which gives effect to international conventions. These are agreements entered into by a number of countries, with a view to assisting commercial trade. In air transportation, the Warsaw Convention (agreed in 1929) and the Montreal Convention (agreed in 1999) are both international agreements, are designed to create a common system of rules for liability when carrying goods,people and baggage air transport..
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
lesteraldridge.com | Matt Gilks |Helen Whitaker |Linda Jacques |Beyza Torlak
Ports and harbours are fast leaning into the modernisation of infrastructure to anticipate the needs of a new generation of vessels and to meet the challenge of climate change. The sector must ensure it is conversant with the shore side planning system in order to bring forward change as effectively and efficiently as possible, often whilst grappling with development challenges in locations with a legacy of heritage infrastructure.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
lesteraldridge.com | Helen Whitaker |Linda Jacques |Beyza Torlak |Philippa Langton
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
lesteraldridge.com | Helen Whitaker |Linda Jacques |Beyza Torlak |Philippa Langton
Shore power is beginning to be embraced by UK Ports as an alternative power source for visiting ships in the drive to encourage decarbonisation and clean air in ports by discouraging ships from burning heavy fuel. Shore power has already been established in some ports, such as Orkney and Southampton, with many ports preparing the installations, for example Portsmouth International Port and the Port of Aberdeen.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
lesteraldridge.com | Chengcheng Zheng |Linda Jacques |Phil Bourne |Theo Westrip
Still reeling from the 2019 COVID pandemic, it was not until last year that the aviation industry’s passenger profitability firmly returned back to black. The aviation industry as a whole is now once again on the move, with total revenue expected to reach a record high of US $996 billion by the end of 2024. This strong growth is predominantly being pushed by an uptake in passenger demand with the total number of airline travellers expected to reach 4.96 billion in 2024 – another record high.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
lesteraldridge.com | Linda Jacques |Beyza Torlak |Philippa Langton |Elisabetta Scanferla
Recent news reports have announced that Maersk has joined Lloyds Register and Core Power to review the safety and regulatory considerations, for a potential next-generation nuclear-propelled feeder containership. Potentially this would add a further alternative fuel source to the current list:-LNG and bio-LNGLPGAmmoniumMethanolWindBiofuelsHydrogenAmmoniaBatteries. At the moment it is estimated that about 5.5% of the global fleet is using an alternative power source to light fuel oil.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
lesteraldridge.com | Elisabetta Scanferla |Beyza Torlak |Gavin Fernandes |Linda Jacques
The Houthi rebel group is a Yemeni political and military organisation that for the past 9 months, has carried out numerous attacks in the Red Sea, which have caused significant disruption to all shipping trade passing through the Red Sea. So far, the Houthis have carried out over 100 strikes on commercial ships passing through the Suez Canal. This has been carried out by drones, ballistic missiles, unmanned surface boats, and by hijacking.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
lesteraldridge.com | Beyza Torlak |Gavin Fernandes |Elisabetta Scanferla |Linda Jacques
Green shipping corridors are gaining impetus: UK government unveils £1.5 million initiative for green maritime routes. The Clydebank Declaration, introduced at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November 2021, represents an important international commitment to decarbonise the maritime sector.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
lesteraldridge.com | Elisabetta Scanferla |Linda Jacques |Beyza Torlak |Gavin Fernandes
Due to recent global events, “force majeure” clauses are frequently revisited in all commercial contracts, with the shipping industry no exception. Professionals within the industry have been paying close attention to one case in particular, and on 15th May 2024, the Supreme Court gave its ruling on it. This is the case of MUR Shipping BV (“MUR”) v RTI Ltd (“RTI”) [2024].
