Qatari embargo: effects on charters
Qatari embargo: effects on charters
On 5 June 2017 seven countries – Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, Libya and the Maldives – decided to cut all diplomatic ties with Qatar and impose an economic blockade against the emirate, accusing Qatar of supporting and funding extremists’ ideology and terrorist groups in the region. This article examines the legal implications of the Qatari blockade, which carries neither a UN mandate nor an Arab League one, on charterparties. The impact of the blockade on Qatar is catastrophic since some of the allied nations have also banned its use of their airspace, waters and land. Qatar shares land borders only with Saudi Arabia and is otherwise surrounded by the Persian Gulf. Qatar relies heavily on all transport modes to meet its demands and needs. Shipping is undoubtedly its main contributing artery of life.
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Fkhir, Moustafa, Ahmad
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5 July 2017
Fkhir, Moustafa, Ahmad
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Fkhir, Moustafa, Ahmad
(2017)
Qatari embargo: effects on charters.
Shipping & Trade Law, 17 (5), .
Abstract
On 5 June 2017 seven countries – Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, Libya and the Maldives – decided to cut all diplomatic ties with Qatar and impose an economic blockade against the emirate, accusing Qatar of supporting and funding extremists’ ideology and terrorist groups in the region. This article examines the legal implications of the Qatari blockade, which carries neither a UN mandate nor an Arab League one, on charterparties. The impact of the blockade on Qatar is catastrophic since some of the allied nations have also banned its use of their airspace, waters and land. Qatar shares land borders only with Saudi Arabia and is otherwise surrounded by the Persian Gulf. Qatar relies heavily on all transport modes to meet its demands and needs. Shipping is undoubtedly its main contributing artery of life.
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Accepted/In Press date: 26 June 2017
Published date: 5 July 2017
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Local EPrints ID: 412627
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/412627
ISSN: 1471-9614
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