The UK Supreme Court’s decision in MSC FLAMINIA [2025] UKSC 14 provides important guidance on the interpretation and application of the 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (the “1976 Convention”), as amended by the 1996 Protocol. The judgment clarifies whether charterers can limit their liability to shipowners and which types of losses are subject to limitation.

The construction of offshore wind farms near busy shipping routes has already resulted in a number of collisions between vessels and offshore wind infrastructure. As the number of wind farms increases, so does the collision risk. Claims are often substantial, as each turbine can cost tens of millions of dollars and an offshore substation can cost several hundred million dollars, and in addition there may be significant production losses.

BIMCO has, together with the International Chamber of Shipping, Norway, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, urged the IMO (International Maritime Organisation) to solve conflicting requirements between the Hong Kong Convention and the Basel Convention ahead of the entry into force of the Hong Kong Convention on 26 June 2025 as currently shipowners and others may potentially be exposed to severe consequences, including criminal liability, when recycling ships in the major ship recycling countries in South Asia such as Bangladesh, India and Pakistan – even if the ships and facilities comply with the Hong Kong Convention. The IMO is looking into it and has asked  the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention for clarification.

BIMCO has, together with the International Chamber of Shipping, Norway, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, urged the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to solve possible conflicting requirements between the Hong Kong Convention and the Basel Convention ahead of the entry into force of the Hong Kong Convention on 26 June 2025. The potential conflicts may expose shipowners and others to severe consequences, particularly when recycling ships in the major ship recycling countries in South Asia such as Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, even if the ships and facilities comply with the Hong Kong Convention.

With the recent accessions by Liberia and Bangladesh, the Hong Kong Convention on ship recycling, which was adopted in 2009, will finally enter into force on 26 June 2025. On 30 November 2023 there was a further breakthrough by Pakistan’s accession, which means that all major recycling states have now committed to the Convention. What will be the practical implications? How will the Convention mesh with the existing regulations?

Havarihåndtering og kriseberedskap til sjøs

Forsikringsrett

Offshore

Shipping

Tvisteløsning

Senior Associate

Gisken bistår med tvisteløsning og rådgivning på flere sjørettslige områder, som blant annet omfatter problemstillinger knyttet til sjøforsikring, certepartier, begrensningsfond, resirkulering av skip og alminnelige kontraktsrettslige spørsmål. Hun har erfaring med tvisteløsning for ordinære domstoler og voldgift samt arbeid knyttet til havarihåndtering. 

Gisken har særlig kompetanse om spørsmål knyttet til klasseselskapers erstatningsansvar for brudd på offentligrettslig regelverk om skipssikkerhet og skrev masteroppgave om temaet.

Oslo

Styremedlem i Young CMI Norway

{"title":{"title":"Gisken Andersen | Wikborg Rein"}}

Gisken bistår med tvisteløsning og rådgivning på flere sjørettslige områder, som blant annet omfatter problemstillinger knyttet til sjøforsikring, certepartier, begrensningsfond og alminnelige kontraktsrettslige spørsmål.