ІІ International Maritime Insurance Seminar postponed!

The Black Sea Law Company is the organizer of the ІІ International Maritime Insurance Seminar, which was supposed to take place on May 28-31, 2020. The IMIS 2020 program included cultural, sporting and networking events for several days in a sunny Odessa.

However, our priority is always the health, safety, and happiness of our attendees and colleagues at our events. We continue to monitor the evolving situation closely guided by information from the Government of Ukraine and the World Health Organisation.

Taking into account the rapid increase of cases COVID-19, the Black Sea Law Company has decided to postpone the 2nd International Maritime Insurance Seminar, including all IMIS 2020 cultural and sports events. We look forward to your understanding of the situation, and we will continue to work fruitfully and keep you informed of any changes to the event program.

THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES A NEW EVENT DATE SOON. We wish you and your loved one’s health, take care of yourself!

1. From March 16, 2020, all Ukrainian borders will be partly blocked for civilians, but trading at seaports will be provided with strict medico-ecology control.

2. Black Sea Law Company will work in the Home office format for the next few weeks – Safety First – we take care of our employees and our legal services will be the same high level! However, we will appear at the court hearings which could not be scheduled and going ahead with such cases!

3. Despite the great current of negative information, we must take into account the great danger of a pandemic, while working and living without panic and supporting our elderly loved ones!

Our Team wishes you and your families to be healthy and in a good mood, regardless of any further events!

We are pleased to announce the IMIS 2020, and registration has already begun!

SAVE THE DATE MAY 28-31, 2020 | Odessa

IMIS – The must-attended global maritime event which takes place in Odessa, Ukraine!

What to expect from the IMIS 2020?

• Professional networking platform for Ukrainian Shipping, Trading and International Insurance business
• B2B meetings with P&I Clubs, Shipowners, Ship agents, International Insurers and Lawyers
• TOP-speakers from all over the world
• Shipowners, Traders, Operators, Bunkers, International Insurers and Lawyers
• Discussions of the most topical issues of the maritime business.
• Special Social Programme of #IMIS_EVENTS

IMIS is a very useful and reliable professional networking platform. All social parts of the IMIS Events will give the opportunity to give more time to communicate in a non-official way with International Marine specialists.

Click www.imis.com.ua to see all the latest news and information. Looking forward to seeing you at the Participants list soon!

The Black Sea Law Company Team participated in compiling the Sixth edition The Shipping Law Review 2019!

The Shipping Law Review is an important legal book for the shipping sector and a cross-jurisdictional overview of key shipping issues in over 30 countries. The Black Sea Law Company team provided an overview of shipping law, the shipping industry, shipping contracts, litigation and arbitration regulations and the development of the legislative framework in Ukraine.

We are honored to have contributed to the Ukraine Chapter of Shipping Law again at one of the world’s leading publishing houses. The authors are Evgeniy Sukachev, Senior Partner; Anastasiya Sukacheva, Partner; Irina Dolya, Associate.

To view the Shipping Law Review, please click here.

Welcome to the seventh edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to Shipping Law 2019!

This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of shipping laws and regulations. It is divided into two main sections:

Seven general chapters, which explore topical issues affecting shipping law from a cross-border perspective.

Country question and answer chapters. These provide a broad overview of common issues in shipping laws and regulations in 44 jurisdictions.

To view the Ukraine chapter of ICLG’s Shipping Law 2019, please click here.

Bunker tanker DELFI lost an anchor in a strong storm at night Nov 21 at outer anchorage of Yuzhniy port, Ukraine, and drifted aground on a coast in Odessa port area.

According to preliminary data, the vessel DELFI is a tanker (1977), the shipowner is a company incorporated in Birmingham. The AUSTRALIA tug came to a short distance to the DELFI tanker but was unable to assist due to the refusal of the tanker crew. According to the information of the Naval Agency of the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure of the Republic of Moldova, the DELFI vessel has been excluded from the register of the flag of Moldova on 27.09.2018. The DELFI vessel is in the territorial sea of Ukraine in violation of current Ukrainian and international law. However, the most important thing is that this situation is a real environmental disaster for Ukraine. Emergency and rescue work should be started immediately to remedy the dire consequences.

Black Sea Law Company highly appreciates the hospitality of our Greek colleagues!

On October 24, 2019, a Seminar on Maritime Law Regulations in Ukraine was held for the first time at the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping.

Evgeniy Sukachev Senior Partner at Black Sea law Company had the honor to be invited to participate as a Speaker. The seminar was organized with the support of the Ukrainian Maritime Bar Association. The auditory included Shipowners, Shipbrokers, Ship Agents, and Lawyers. Representatives of UK P&I Club, Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association Limited, GARD SA, and West of England Insurance Services (Luxembourg) S.A. have expressed particular interest in this event. However, participants expressed the most interest on two topics: Ship Arrest in Ukrainian jurisdiction and Regulation of the Ecological Control in Ukrainian Ports.

We express our thanks to the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping and all those who have organized this Seminar, which is such a resounding success. As a result, it was a productive and informative Meeting of the excellent Maritime Business Representatives.

Black Sea Law Company team contributed a chapter on Ukraine to The International Comparative Legal Guides Insurance and Reinsurance 2019 Eighth Edition, which was published by Global Legal Group. Senior partner Evgeniy Sukachev and partner Anastasiya Sukacheva made a complex and professional overview of Ukrainian law and practice in the insurance and reinsurance sphere.

This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of the laws and regulations of insurance and reinsurance. It is divided into two main sections:

Six general chapters. These chapters are designed to provide readers with an overview of key issues affecting insurance and reinsurance work, particularly from the perspective of a multi-jurisdictional transaction.

Country question and answer chapters. These provide a broad overview of common issues in insurance and reinsurance laws and regulations in 40 jurisdictions. All chapters are written by leading insurance and reinsurance lawyers and industry specialists.

Ukrainian’s Chapter is available at ICLG web-site.

The Roadshow: Olvia and Kherson Port Concession Projects took place at the Bristol Hotel on October 1st, 2019. This was a collaborative event by the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Evgeniy Sukachev Senior Partner at Black Sea Law Company with colleagues took part in the event. In addition, the BSLC team has developed legal analyses of the proposed Concession Projects.

The IFC and EBRD shared with the detailed information about Olvia Port and Kherson Sea Commercial Port concession projects, with a particular focus on the description of the tender process and key tender conditions.

On September 12, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine launched the final tender procedures for Kherson and Olvia Seaports concession projects. More than 25 Ukrainian and foreign companies including Dnipro Cargo Limited, Metinvest, Portinvest, Ukrrichflot, Bunge (USA), COFCO (China), Mitsubishi Corporation (Japan), POSCO Daewoo (Korea) and some others had shown interest in the concession.

We are pleased to report that our company has joined – Siren’s Net!
As the Partner Black Sea Law Company will be engaged by Siren in legal issues at 4 ports in Ukraine – Port of Mykolayiv, Port of Oktyabrsky(Olvia), Port of Skadovsk and Port of Kherson!

Siren’s NET is a chatbot build on Facebook Messenger platform with the purpose to provide 24/7 assistance in ship arrest matters. This is a completely new approach to a process of maritime lawyers’ nomination in ship arrest cases throughout the world.