Friday, 02/28/2025 - SDR Circular 2025-01 & 02
I. In Practice
Port calls in the US, proposed "Service Fees" on Chinese maritime transport operators and operators of vessels built or companies ordering vessels to be built in China
II. Decisions
1. Port costs, delays during discharge, "period toll" for extended stay at berths
2. Voyage charter, attempted shifting of responsibility on the sub-voyage charterer ("collateral contract")
3. Voyage charter, cancellation due to missing cargo, reimbursement of freight and demurrage, mitigation and calculation of damages, decision on costs
Monday, 12/16/2024 - Circular 2024-11 & 12
I. In Practice
1. FuelEU Regulation, BIMCO Clause for Time Charter Contracts
2. Port State Control, cancellation of a fine for an alleged exceeding of the sulphur limits
3. General Average, York-Antwerp Rules 1994 "or any subsequent modification thereof", York-Antwerp Rules 2016, time bar provisions
II. Decisions
Time Charter, performance claims, minimum data in weather routing reports, average speed/ good weather speed, consideration of bunker savings
Friday, 10/18/2024 - Press release 2024
Press release
Annual Members' Meeting of the
German Shipowners' Defence Association
held at the Hotel Empire Riverside, Hamburg on 17 October 2024
The Association's annual report, as presented by the Chairman of the Board Dr. Kurt Klemme (Reederei Nord GmbH) at the Members' Meeting, shows...
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