The Admiralty Newsletter - 14 April, 2026

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This week: bunker fights and bad faith, hull fouling, sanctions shredding letters of credit, and arbitration dust‑ups from São Paulo to London. Force majeure tops the Thought Leadership list for a fifth straight edition as trouble in the Strait of Hormuz grinds on.

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Case law

• The Celestial Judgment – UK Supreme Court Confirms Wide Reach of UK Sanctions Regulations, Including Over Letters of Credit (HFW)

• Court dismisses challenge to arbitration award addressing cargo claims (Hill Dickinson)

• World Shipping Council v Federal Maritime Commission: D.C. Circuit upholds agencyinterpretation of “unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate” (The Maritime Law Blog)

• Commodities in Focus Weekly – Finco International AG v Integra Petrochemicals Europe AG (Stephenson Harwood)

Regulatory

• On the electrification of port quays: the cold ironing system (ADVANT)

• A Deep Dive Into the Policies Affecting Low-Carbon Shipping Fuel (Bracewell)

• Timeline to achieve compliance under FuelEU for the 2025 reporting year (Skuld)

• Fight over Houthi sinking arrives in US court — with an unexpected litigant (TradeWinds)

• Carriage Of Goods and Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships -The Liability of the Carrier Under International Sea Cargo Regimes (SSRN)

• Fees for seas: a history of taxing waterways (Financial Times)

News & Opinion

• How to avoid bunker disputes (BDM)

• Maritime arbitration v direct enforcement of credit documents in Brazil (Castro Barros Advogados)

• Not Strait-Forward (Poten & Partners)

• Estoppel And Legitimate Expectation: Can The Public Trust The State? (Shepstone & Wylie)

• The Gulf of Hormuz. Can Iran toll-yah? (IISTL)

• Hull fouling in Persian Gulf (BDM)

• Iran War Sows Mayhem for Big Law’s Energy Clients in Texas (Bloomberg Law)

• The International Forms of Vessel Sale and Purchase (“S&P”): The Modern Practice of GlobalShipping and Maritime (ARMA Law)

• Iran Conflict – Global Shipping Risks Explained (Benesch)

• CK Hutchison starts London arbitration against Maersk over Panama (Bloomberg)

• When the Smoke Clears: Maritime Contract Claims After Hormuz Disruption (Holland &Knight)

• Strait of Hormuz disruption – Disputes risks for energy and infrastructure projects (Hogan Lovells)

• The effects of the war in Iran on energy contracts: Between force majeure, hardship and thepossibility to claim performance (Hogan Lovells)

• Possible implications of Iranian tolls to transit the Strait of Hormuz (Kennedys)

• A Year in Review: The Finance Charter Instrument (Mamo TCV)

• Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Distress Risks Ahead (Sidley)

• Deviation - FAQs (Steamship Mutual)

• FFA experts brace for disputes as Hormuz closure clouds VLCC rate assessments (TradeWinds)