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The impact on charterparties and issues for consideration. The past few decades have seen a trend of globalisation and integration across the world with the breakdown of conventional borders both via expanding international trade and increasing digital connectivity.

过去几十年，全球化和世界融合的趋势日益明显，随着国际 贸易增长及数据连接增加，传统疆界变得模糊。

This bulletin summarises various recent developments in relation to US sanctions on Iran...

The English High Court was recently called on in Eleni Shipping Limited v Transgrain Shipping BV (“The Eleni P”) [2019] EWHC 910 (Comm) to consider whether an act of piracy near, but outside, the region generally identified as the Gulf of Aden was sufficient to place the ship off-hire under a time charter. Although the dispute centred round particular rider clauses, this decision is a useful reminder of the process by which charterparties are construed by the courts and arbitral tribunals and the need for clear provisions to put a ship off-hire.

In response to industry-wide concerns as to whether there will be sufficient supplies of low sulphur fuel available after 2020, the IMO has made provisions in MARPOL. In the event of non-availability, ships are not required to deviate to find compliant fuel and may submit a fuel oil non-availability report, or “FONAR”. In this article we consider the extent of the protection afforded by these provisions and related contractual issues.