Key Issues:
• Running the gauntlet: How has the situation evolved regarding vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, and what are the key practical and legal considerations for traders and charterers?
• Managing price risk: A comparison of the effects of the crisis on crude oil and fertiliser markets, two of the commodity classes most affected.
• Mercuria v The Baltic Exchange: A look at the most significant and high-profile dispute to have arisen from the crisis so far.
| Date: | 29/06/2026 |
| Chair: | Moderator - Jonathan Spearing - Partner, Stephenson Harwood LLP |
| Panellists: | Rebecca Crookenden – Partner, Stephenson Harwood LLP Catherine Jago – Managing Director - CJH Experts Edward Turner - Global Claims Director, The MECO Group Dhruv Puri - Trading Manager, Ameropa Asia Pte Ltd (Singapore) |
| Venue: | Stephenson Harwood LLP, 1 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7SH |
| Time: | 6.00pm - 7.30pm to be followed by a Drinks Reception kindly sponsored by 7 Stephenson Harwood |
| CPD Points: | 1.5 CPD points |