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Nato joins with Lloyd’s in seeking solution to piracy
INTERNATIONAL legal and operational challenges posed by piracy — as well its ancient antecedents — were not lost on a high-level Lloyd’s of London session last week assessing security risks faced by global business and governments today.
Gard avoids major losses
NORWEGIAN mutual Gard has hauled clear of substantial losses booked amid last year’s financial crisis with a profit of $197m over the first six months of its 2009 year, writes Jerry Frank .
Can an economic crisis void a shipping contract?
IS THE global economic recession akin to an act of God or a Pacific ocean tsunami? This is not a Donnish line of questioning to tease Oxbridge entrants, but a critical question for those assessing contractual obligations under different legal systems and the doctrine of force majeure after the great crash of 2008.
Gard’s fortunes stage a turnaround
NORWEGIAN mutual hauled clear of substantial losses booked amid last year’s financial crisis with a profit of $197m.
Ice cap melting poses new security threat
NATO’s secretary-general melting of the Polar ice cap has opened the way for new commercial sea lanes and poses new security challenges for the international community.
Navigators not kit behind accidents
THERE were half as many more collision incidents in 2008 than at the beginning of the decade, according to Standard Club data, writes Jerry Frank .