Virologistics I: the virus as logistical “force majeure”

Brett Neilson

Virologistics I: the virus as logistical “force majeure”

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On 25 March 2020, I attended a webinar on “Shipping and the Coronavirus—Markets and Legal Impacts” organized by Seatrade Maritime News. Intended for logistics professionals, the discussion juggled between assessments of the upheaval to global shipping resulting from China’s pandemic response and forecasting of interruptions expected to follow from the spread of Coronavirus to other regions. The speakers gave special attention to the possibility for shipping firms to activate force majeure, an obscure legal doctrine that specifies the conditions under which unforeseeable obstacles and events can remove contractual obligations.

Original language	English
Type	This is Part One of a blog for the COMPAS Coronavirus and Mobility Forum
Publisher	University of Oxford
Place of Publication	U.K.
Publication status	Published - Apr 2020

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Name	COMPAS Coronavirus and Mobility Forum

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