Six passengers aboard the MSC Divina face charges after allegedly accessing the ship’s public-address system and broadcasting false emergency announcements during a voyage from Turkey to Italy.
Kshitij Saruparia and Apeksha Kachhawaha
On 5 July 2026, five months after the Indian Coast Guard intercepted the tankers Stellar Ruby, Asphalt Star and Al Jafzia roughly one hundred nautical miles west of Mumbai, a monsoon storm nearly finished what…
In Trident Seafoods Corp. v. City of Tacoma , Trident as owner of the fishing and processing vessel the F/V Kodiak Enterprise sued the City for the alleged inappropriate forced […]
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Kshitij Saruparia and Apeksha Kachhawaha
On 5 February 2026, the Indian Coast Guard intercepted three tankers, the Stellar Ruby, the Asphalt Star and a vessel then sailing as the Al Jafzia, roughly one hundred nautical miles west of Mumbai. All…
From April 13 to June 18, the U.S.A implemented a blockade against Iran. As part of the blockade enforcement, on June 9th, it attacked the Palau-flagged oil tanker M/T Settebello 20 miles north-east of Sohar in Oman’s Exclusive Economic…
I have been asked whether Tasmania police can direct the master of a commercial vessel to respond to an emergency and who will be responsible if something goes wrong.
The Navigation Act 1912 (Cth)
The current (1974) version of International…
Nearly every jurisdiction in the Hague Service Convention requires translation into its own language,* and we procure translations on our clients’ behalf every single day. From time to time, a client will ask if we’ll use his firm’s preferred translator,…