EDITORIAL
Marine insurance and consumerism
RHIDIAN THOMAS 

ARTICLES
The impact of sanctions on charterparty operations
PROFESSOR RICHARD WILLIAMS
Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, Swansea University

Narrow channels - a missed opportunity for a new legal test
HARRY HIRST
Partner, Master Mariner, Ince & Co Hong Kong

The applicability of the principle of the common heritage of mankind to the waters and airspace superjacent to the international seabed area
DR PATRICIA MALLIA
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Laws, University of Malta

ANALYSIS AND COMMENT
Interpreting the 'safe port' warranty in charterparty agreements Gard Marine & Energy Ltd v China national Chartering Co Ltd and Others
[2013] EWHC 2199 (Comm)
Ioannis Avgoustis

Interpreting the 1952 Arrest Convention in Hong Kong under the common law approach: uniformity or diversity in arrest of ships?
The Decurion
[2013] HKCA 180 (Hong Kong Court of Appeal)
Felix W H Chan