J. Stephen Simms | Principal


Look Ahead, Constantly! World Bunkering | Q1 2024

What’s Your Plan?  Bio-Diversity Challenge, Bunkerspot | April/May 2024

Reaction Time, Bunkerspot | August/September 2024

Food for Thought, Bunkerspot - December 2024 | January 2025

New Fuels and Patents, World Bunkering Magazine | September 2023

Getting to Zero (Paper) - Considerations for electronic bunkering notes, Bunkerspot | August 2023

Facing up to FuelEU Maritime, Bunkerspot | May 2023

Russia Sanctions - A question of provenance, Bunkerspot | October 2022

Covering All Bases - Insurance for Bunker Suppliers/ Traders, Bunkerspot | August 2022

Setting Off to Offsets - A deep dive into the carbon offsetting space, Bunkerspot | May 2022

First Line of Defence - Bunker disputes, ships, and fuel transactions, Bunkerspot | November 2021

Credit Where Credit’s Due - A detailed discussion of bunkers and credit, Bunkerspot | April 2021

In the Loop - Scrubber law for bunker providers, Bunkerspot | January 2021

Fit for Purpose - Future fuels and contracts, Bunkerspot | September 2020

Unseen enemy - Cybersecurity and pandemic, Bunkerspot | May 2020

LNG Bunker Terms – Developing effective LNG bunkering terms and conditions, Bunkerspot | March 2020

FONAR Compliance: Getting it Right, Bunkerspot | November 2019

Bunker Blending Liability: Cut to the Chase, Bunkerspot | May 2019

Bunker Claims Deadlines: Timed Out?, Bunkerspot | January 2019

BIMCO Bunker Terms 2018, Bunkerspot | September 2018

Bunker Delivery Notes (BDNs): Thinking Outside the Box, Bunkerspot | March 2018

Holding pattern: How the US is detaining seafarers, TradeWinds | February 2018

Time Lapse: Today’s Lessons Continue from the OW and Hanjin Insolvencies, Bunkerspot | October 2017

Digital Bunker Delivery Notes ( BDNs / BDRs): Trash the Paper!, Bunkerspot | August, 2017

Enforcement of 2020 Sulfur Limits: Bunker Traders and Suppliers in the Crosshairs – Game On, Bunkerspot | August 2017

Effective Chapter 15 Strategies for Marine Equipment Lessors and Maritime Lien Creditors, Bankruptcy Litigation | April 25, 2017

Post-truth: Make Bunkering Great Again, Admiralty and Maritime | February 22, 2017

Effective Economic Disincentive and 2020 .5% Sulphur Cap Enforcement, Admiralty and Maritime | December 14, 2016

Hanjin and the “Titanic Effect”, Bunker Bulletin | Winter 2016-17: 22-25

Hanjin, OW and Preparing for the Next Unthinkable Sinking, The Maritime Executive | 12 Oct 2016

OW, Lions, and Last-ING Appetite, Bunker Bulletin | Summer/Autumn 2016: 18-20

Hanjin, OW and Preparing for the Next Unthinkable Sinking, Ship & Bunker | 13 Oct 2016

General Counsel – U.S. OFAC Prosecution and Enforcement of Iran Sanctions, Bunkerspot | April 2016

Not in Kansas Anymore, Bunkerspot News | 29 Feb 2016

An Equitable Share, Bunkerspot | Feb-March 2016

Comparing Notes, Bunkerspot | Dec 2015-Jan 2016

Direction of Travel: MARPOL VI Regulations, Bunkerspot | Dec 2015-Jan 2016

All in the Detail, Bunkerspot | Oct-Nov 2015

Common Purpose, Bunkerspot | Aug-Sept 2015: 35-39

Tactical Thinking, Bunkerspot | June-July 2015: 64-67

Terms of engagement, Bunkerspot | April-May 2015: 54-59

Breakdown cover, Bunkerspot | Feb-March 2015: 54-57

Look and learn, Bunkerspot | Dec 2014-Jan 2015: 44-47

Burden of proof, Bunkerspot | Oct-Nov 2014: 42-46

Safe house, Bunkerspot | April-May 2014: 30-33

Quick off the mark, Bunkerspot | Aug-Sept 2013: 46-47

Legal minefield,  Bunkerspot | June-July 2013: 37-39

Evaluating Credit Risks by Effective Maritime Recovery Planning, Dynamar-Journal of Commerce Symposium on Maritime Credit Risk Management, N.Y., N.Y. (1996)

US Trade Sanctions Against Iran Can Cause Major Problems for Bunker Suppliers, Bunkerspot (Vol. 10 No. 3, June/July 2013)

Identifying, Bringing, and Winning a False Claims Act Case, 1997 ABA Annual Meeting

Using the False Claims Act for Competitive Advantage, Maryland Bar Journal 28 (Jan-Feb 1997)

Homeowner’s Insurance, Directors and Officers’ (“D&O”) Liability Coverage, Insurance Law: Third Party Coverage in Maryland (Nat’l Business Inst. 1996)

Insurance Requirements in AIA Contracts, ABA-TIPS 1996 National Institute on Insurance Coverage for Defective Construction

The Internet: International Civil and Criminal Liability, Maryland Bar Journal 36 (Sept-Oct 1996)