Admiralty and Maritime Law Updates: September 2026
In September 2026, courts dealt with situations that the maritime industry and its lawyers know all too well, such as cargo lost, damaged, or never delivered, or a cruise passenger injured on board and suing the cruise line. But before a court can decide who is liable, it must first resolve any dispute over threshold questions, such as which law applies and where the case must be heard. When COGSA meets a paramount clause pointing to Turkish law, which one governs? Will a U.S. court enforce a cruise ticket’s forum-selection clause that sends a passenger’s claim to a foreign court? What happens to a claim when the claimant has not followed a contractual claims procedure? Read on to find out how the courts answered these questions and what else happened in admiralty and maritime law this month.
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