FDD based out Shanghai again brings you a very practical write up. Many law firms, or Clubs produces tons of write up, but what Andrew Liu Clients need is a practical write-up and please find this time an article that is suitable for owners and Operators on legal risks associated with supply of bunkers.
Take a usual scenario in shipping is that a ship owner has time chartered the vessel and the charterer have ordered the bunkers. In this scenario there are multiple risks such as:
Risks under Scenario 1
Charterers has not paid the bunker supplier and in many jurisdictions, the person who supplied the bunkers has a maritime lien, such as in US and that supplier will try to arrest the vessel to obtain his money.
See attached file: ALCO20160008 Bunkering – Take care! Many legal risks and pitfalls.pdf
燃油 – 请谨慎对待！诸多法律风险及陷阱
我司位于上海的FDD部门再次为您提供一篇非常实用的文章。尽管很多律所、保赔协会发布大量通函，然而Andrew Liu公司客户需要的是具有实践意义的文章，本文将讨论有关燃油供应的法律风险问题，且适合于船东及船舶经营人。
在航运业内，船东通常将船舶期租出去，租家采购燃油。但在此情况下，存在如下多重风险：
第一种情形下的风险
租家未向燃油供应商支付油款，在美国等的许多司法辖区，燃油供应商具有海上留置权，因此该供应商将会试图扣船，以索要回燃油款。
详细信息请参阅附件。
