The Admiralty Newsletter - 2 March
Expert analyses of maritime law, regulatory developments, and landmark cases delivered to your inbox every week.
Welcome to The Admiralty Newsletter - In this week’s edition, we track notable judgments and updates from the UK, USA, UAE, as well as evolving sanctions enforcement, US port-fee proposals, environmental review developments for American deepwater ports, and new BIMCO form updates.
News & Opinion features practitioner analysis on salvage and LOF revisions, marine insurance conflicts and cyber/physical security in ports, plus industry commentary on MLC milestones, the shadow-fleet, and several Partner moves.
Case Law
Court of Appeal finds no manifest error in expert determination - WH Holdings Ltd -v- London Stadium LLP (Hill Dickinson)
Case Update – Mercuria Energy Trading SA v ONEX DMCC [2026] EHWC 130 (Comm) (Mills & Co)
Is a foreign judgment debt a debt? Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle [2025] EWCA Civ 62 (20 Essex)
Without Limits? The M/V Dali Court Addresses the Potential Extension of the Limitation of Liability Act to Vessel Managers (Squire Patton Boggs)
Recent case law developments and regulatory updates in the UAE (Stephenson Harwood)
Is this maritime court case a model of China’s anti-sanctions law in action? (South China Morning Post)
Decommissioning in Focus: The Northern Endeavour Tow to Singapore (Wotton Kearney)
Demise of Fu Jing 001: Marine insurance liability and risk control (Chinese Business Law Journal)
Oceanus Capital SARL v Lloyd’s Insurance Company SA (Re M/V Vyssos) (MFB)
Regulation
All Foreign-Built Vessels at Risk? New U.S. Port Fee Proposals (HFW)
Sanctions: seizure of Russian-flagged tanker demonstrates major shift in enforcement (International Bar Association)
Paradigm Shift in Environmental Review of Deepwater Ports 50 Years in the Making (K&L Gates)
Navigating shipping in 2026: sanctions, trade wars and regulatory fragmentation (Thommessen)
The Beijing Convention and South Africa: A Question of Recognition, Not Reform (Clyde & Co)
Scotland’s ports can power the economy if ambition is matched by action (Addleshaw Goddard)
LOF revisited: What the revised LMA5654A means for owners, insurers and salvage decisions (DWF)
The Latest Developments in BIMCO: SUPERMAN 2025 and ASBATANKVOY 2025 (Mordiglia)
20 years of MLC: How proud should shipping be of its unique treaty? (Lloyd’s List)
UK Identifies Legal Route for Military Action Against “Shadow Fleet” Vessels (Shearwater Law)
From physical security to cyber resilience: Reassessing the ISPS code and port governance in South Africa (Clyde & Co)
News & Opinion
DWF in Hamburg: A fresh perspective (DWF)
When Policies Collide – Untangling “Other Insurance” Clauses (Fenchurch Law)
DAC Beachcroft adds experienced shipping lawyer Langton from LA Marine (DAC Beachcroft)