Part of the “Charter party disputes and prevention” lecture series by the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (Hong Kong branch) and WISTA Hong Kong, conducted by Mr. Jagmeet Makkar.
In June 2021, GlobalMET supported the industry event “Safe Port – Eastern City to Ocean Victory and beyond?”. The webinar was part of the “Charter party disputes and prevention – practical considerations” series of lectures organized by Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (Hong Kong branch) and WISTA Hong Kong. It was conducted by Mr. Jagmeet Makkar, FICS, MSc (Cass), PCBA, FICS, FRINA, FIMarE (I), MCIArb., a maritime arbitrator with more than 39 years of maritime experience in all aspects of shipping. The program discussed the safe port definition as per Leeds Shipping v Société Française Bunge (the EASTERN CITY) [1958] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 127, the more recent Court of Appeal judgement in OCEAN VICTORY [2015] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 381 and various cases in between.