The new Norwegian standard-form shipbuilding contract SHIP25 was adopted on 9 October 2025 following negotiations between the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association and Nordisk Defence Club, representing the shipowners' interests, and the Norwegian Shipbuilders and Wikborg Rein, representing the builders' interests.

Since its launch in 2000, SHIP 2000 has become a widely used standard form shipbuilding contract, both in the Nordics and beyond. Over the past 25 years, however, the shipping industry has changed significantly, creating a clear need for an updated contractual framework.

Norge har lange maritime tradisjoner og er en ledende global skipsfartsnasjon. Denne posisjonen gjenspeiles også i kapitalforvaltningsbransjen, der shipping har etablert seg som en egen aktivaklasse innen alternative investeringer.

Charterers are increasingly requesting to receive quiet enjoyment letters (“QELs”) from the mortgagees of chartered vessels. As there has not been any standard format for QELs, owners have often found themselves caught in the middle of protracted negotiations between the charterers and the mortgagees when QELs are requested. To meet the longstanding need for a standard format acceptable to charterers, mortgagees and owners, BIMCO published two standard form QELs on 21 February 2024.

Since its original introduction in 1988, the BIMCO standard ship management agreement SHIPMAN (revised in 1998 and 2009) has established itself as the global standard ship management agreement. Adopted on 22 March 2024, the new SHIPMAN 2024 represents a light touch revision of the standard form, incorporating established standalone clauses and new provisions reflecting these developments.

In advance of the recent inclusion, as from January 2024, of the shipping industry in the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), BIMCO introduced a new ETS clause tailored specifically for ship management agreements.

On 21 April 2022 BIMCO released SHIPSALE 22, its new standard contract for sale/purchase of vessels.

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Peter arbeider hovedsakelig med transaksjoner innenfor shipping/offshore. Peter bistår jevnlig med kjøp og salg av skip og virksomheter og finansiering, og har også vært involvert i flere store restruktureringsoppdrag innenfor shipping/offshore. Peter bistår verft og rederier med skipsbyggingskontrakter i Norge og i utlandet, og er en av forfatterne av standard skipsbyggingskontrakt SHIP25.

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Peter bistår norske og internasjonale klienter innenfor den maritime industrien med kontraktsforhandlinger, prosjektgjennomføring og juridisk rådgivning knyttet til shipping- og offshore-transaksjoner.

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