A
Direction A · Current

Admiralty Bench

Deep navy, candlelit gold, the mast and radar of a vessel under quiet command. The London chambers reading-room — pulled across into a maritime forum.

Reference set
Lora · Jost
Navy · Gold · Cream
01 The Mark Mast, radar rings, wake. Two finishes for light and dark grounds.
London Shipping Law Centre
The Forum · Est. 1995
Navy on cream · Primary light
London Shipping Law Centre
The Forum · Est. 1995
Gold on navy · Primary dark
02 Palette Navy as primary ground, gold as accent. Cream and offwhite for documents.
Navy
#0D1B2A
Primary · Header
Deep Navy
#08121E
Backgrounds
Gold
#B8942E
Accent · CTA
Light Gold
#D4AF5A
Display · Mark
Cream
#F6F2EB
Document · Light
Card
#162236
Panels
Offwhite
#FAFAF7
Body
Muted
#4A6070
Secondary text
03 Type Lora for headlines and event names — italic does the lifting. Jost for body and labels.
Lora · Display
Beyond Straits
Lora 300 / Lora 400 Italic · Headlines, event titles, pull quotes
Jost · Body
The London Shipping Law Centre — founded 1995, inaugurated at the House of Lords 1997 — is the forum where shipping, commercial law and dispute resolution meet, with senior practitioners, judges and academics on a single platform.
Jost 300 / 400 / 500 · Body, navigation, captions, UI
04 Website hero Above-the-fold. Photo behind a heavy navy wash, the radar drifting in from the right, gold accents and stat panels.
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The Forum · Since 1995

Shipping, commercial law
and dispute resolution.

The senior platform for the maritime bar, leading shipowners, P&I and the City — convened in London, broadcast worldwide. Thirty years of consequential conversations.

Upcoming events Beyond Straits report
30
Years convening
10+
Events per year
90m
Average forum
1997
House of Lords
05 Event slides Webinar / panel template. Title and a content frame with a pull quote.
LSLC · Forum
Expert Panel · 90 minutes
Beyond Straits
The Strait of Hormuz
Legal · Strategic · Commercial Consequences
London · Hybrid11 June 2026
LSLC · Forum
02 · English Law
Frustration, force majeure
& self-induced risk
London Arbitration 8/2026 confirms: where war-risk clauses already allocate the risk, the doctrine of frustration does not engage. Entering the Straits today carries self-induced frustration exposure under The Eugenia [1964].
It is not good enough to tick the box. Genuine provenance intelligence has replaced tick-box due diligence.— Charles Webb, DMCC
LSLC · Beyond StraitsSlide 04 / 18
06 Social cards LinkedIn announce (1200 × 628) and Instagram quote card (1080²).
LSLC · Forum
Beyond Straits
Hormuz, after April.
Floyd · Parry KC · Webb · Sheppard
LSLC · Quote Card
"The world has got greedy and lazy at the same time, and depends on a US Navy."
Stephen · Panel Chair
07 YMP Young Maritime Professionals — the next bench. Inherits the bow mark and Lora italic display; gold lightens for the junior register, navy is unchanged.
YMP
Young Maritime Professionals
MarkInherits the bow, set half-scale beside the YMP wordmark.
TypeSame Lora italic; the YMP word always italic to distinguish.
AccentGold lightens; navy is unchanged.
YMP · Annual · 2026

The next thirty years.

Trinity House, 12 September. Six panels on the disputes the incoming class will inherit, and the ones they intend to settle.

Trinity House · London12.IX.2026
A · Admiralty Bench · Current End of direction →
B
Direction B · Plimsoll / Maritime Modern

Waterline

The Plimsoll mark — stamped on every commercial hull at sea — abstracted into a brand system. Atlantic teal and chalk, separated by a single plimsoll-red rule that crosses every composition. Authority through engineering, not heritage.

Plimsoll / Maritime Modern
Bricolage Grotesque · Manrope
Atlantic · Chalk · Plimsoll
01 The Mark The Plimsoll load-line disk — a circle bisected by the summer load-line — paired with the six load-line indicators (TF · F · T · S · W · WNA). The summer line itself is rendered in plimsoll red.
Pl. I · Mark on Chalk
LSLC
London Shipping Law Centre
051.507° N · 000.128° W · est. 1995
Pl. II · Mark on Atlantic
LSLC
London Shipping Law Centre
051.507° N · 000.128° W · est. 1995
02 Palette Two grounds — chalk above the waterline, atlantic below — joined by one plimsoll-red rule. Mist and sand carry the supporting weight. Hull, ink-black, holds type.
01
Atlantic
#0F3D3F
Below waterline · primary
02
Deep
#082626
Depth · structure
03
Chalk
#EFECE3
Above waterline · ground
04
Plimsoll
#D34A3D
Signal · the waterline
05
Spray
#FAFAF7
Cards · highlights
06
Mist
#B4C2BF
Muted · meta
07
Sand
#DCD3BD
Secondary ground
08
Hull
#161616
Type · ink-black
03 Type Bricolage Grotesque does the display work — variable, contemporary, set tight and in caps. Manrope does the body and the UI. No italics in body; emphasis runs through plimsoll-red instead.
Display
Bricolage Grotesque
700 weight
variable opsz
−0.045em tracking
Beyond Straits.
Lede
Manrope · Medium
500 weight
20–24px
1.4 leading
A King's Counsel, a board director and a former US Marine officer on the legal, strategic and commercial consequences of the April closure of the Strait.
Body
Manrope
300 / 400 / 500 / 700
13–15px
1.7 leading
The London Shipping Law Centre — founded 1995, inaugurated at the House of Lords 1997 — is the senior forum where shipping, commercial law and dispute resolution convene on a single platform. Thirty years of consequential conversations; ten a year, every year; the record of London shipping.
04 Website hero Atlantic nav above a plimsoll-red waterline rule. Chalk hero "above the water" with the lede and lead photograph. Atlantic stats strip "below the water" with the data. The red rule is the dividing line.
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BEARING · 051.507° N · 000.128° W EDITION · 21.V.MMXXVI · BEYOND STRAITS
Lead · Expert panel · 90 min

Hormuz,
after April.

A King's Counsel, a board director of the DMCC and a former US Marine officer read the legal, strategic and commercial consequences of the closure. Broadcast live from London. Replay open to members.

Watch the replay Download the brief
Pl. I · Lead 04.MMXXVI
A laden VLCC under naval escort, April 2026.LSLC
Forum · Forthcoming11 Jun
Trade, Risk & Hedging
FLOYD ZADKOVICH · HANUMAN
HYBRID · 18:30 · LDN
Cadwallader · MMXXVI24 Jun
Lord Thomas, 2026
INNER TEMPLE HALL · BY INVITATION
30.
Years convening · since 1995
10–15%
Global oil shipping · dark fleet
8/26
London Arbitration · referenced
90m
Average forum · hybrid
05 Event slides Title slide is "below the waterline" — atlantic ground, chalk type, the red rule crossing horizontally. Content slide is "above the waterline" — chalk ground, lede column + photo column, again split by the red rule.
EVENT · EX–08/26 · LEAD LIVE · LDN · 2026.05.21
Lead · Expert Panel · 90 min

Hormuz,
after April.

A King's Counsel, a board director and a former US Marine officer on the legal, strategic and commercial consequences of the closure.

LSLC
FLOYD · PARRY KC · WEBB · SHEPPARD
BEARING · 051.507° N · 000.128° W
SECTION · 02 · ENGLISH LAW EX–08/26 · SLIDE 04 / 18
02 · English Law

Frustration, force majeure &
self-induced risk.

London Arbitration 8/2026 confirms: where war-risk clauses already allocate the risk, the doctrine of frustration does not engage.

Vessels entering the Strait today carry self-induced exposure under The Eugenia [1964].

LSLC · BEYOND STRAITSBEARING · 051.507° N
Pl. III DARK FLEET
A dark-fleet aframax in the Gulf of Oman.LSLC
06 Social cards LinkedIn sits "below the waterline" — atlantic ground, photo on the left, type and mark on the right, the red rule crossing the whole card. Instagram sits "above the waterline" — chalk ground, one outsized number, the rule cutting underneath.
Pl. I · Lead 04.MMXXVI
A laden VLCC under naval escort, April MMXXVI.LSLC
LIVE · LSLC · LDN EX–08/26
Lead · Expert Panel

Hormuz,
after April.

FLOYD · PARRY KC · WEBB · SHEPPARD LSLC
STAT · BEYOND STRAITS IG · 1:1
10–15%
of global oil shipping is now operating dark.
BEYOND STRAITS · 2026 LSLC
07 YMP Above the waterline — the lighter load. Inherits the Plimsoll mark and Spectral display; plimsoll-red is held, atlantic deepens slightly to read as a sister surface.
YMP
Young Maritime Professionals
MarkThe Plimsoll disk, paired with the YMP wordmark in Spectral.
TypeSame Spectral + Inter; YMP set wide-tracked, all caps.
AccentPlimsoll red held; the waterline is the constant.
YMP · Annual · 2026

The next thirty years.

Trinity House, 12 September. Six panels on the disputes the incoming class will inherit, and the ones they intend to settle.

Trinity House · London12.IX.2026
B · WATERLINE · Plimsoll / Maritime Modern End of direction → C
C
DIR-C · Bold / Contemporary

bearing

Stone, ink and a single signal-orange line. Maritime modernist — the LSLC of the next thirty years, not the last. A bearing on a chart instead of a chambers crest. Coordinates instead of crests. Built for YMP without losing the bench.

51.5074° N · 0.1278° W
Space Grotesk · Space Mono
Stone · Ink · Signal
01 The Mark A bearing line crossing a circle, terminating in a signal dot. A vessel's course on a chart. The wordmark sits in lowercase Space Grotesk — confident, plain-spoken, current.
[01] Bearing · light ground
lslc
London Shipping Law Centre
051.507° N · 000.128° W · est. 1995
[02] Bearing · dark ground
lslc
London Shipping Law Centre
051.507° N · 000.128° W · est. 1995
02 Palette Warm stone as the ground, deep ink for type, a single signal-orange for moments that matter. Cobalt reserved for data tags and links.
[01]
stone
#E5DFD2
primary ground
[02]
snow
#F2EFE8
cards · highlights
[03]
ink
#0F0F0F
type · structure
[04]
signal
#E84E1B
accent · moments
[05]
cobalt
#1A3FA8
data · links
[06]
mist
#B8B5AC
muted · meta
[07]
sand
#D8D2C3
secondary ground
[08]
char
#1C1C1A
dark cards
03 Type One family does the lifting. Space Grotesk for display and body — geometric, slightly humanist, current. Space Mono carries the coordinates.
[display]
Space Grotesk
500 · 600 · 700
−.04em tracking
beyond straits
[body]
Space Grotesk
300 · 400
1.55 leading
The London Shipping Law Centre — founded 1995, inaugurated at the House of Lords 1997 — convenes the senior forum where shipping, commercial law and dispute resolution meet. Ten consequential conversations a year. Thirty years of record.
[mono]
Space Mono
400 · 700
data · UI · coords
EVENT · EX–08/26
BEARING · 051.507° N · 000.128° W
DURATION · 90 MIN · HYBRID
STATUS · ● CONFIRMED
04 Website hero A coordinate strip pinned to the top. Wordmark in lowercase. A big lowercase headline with one signalled word, an event stack on the right.
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BEARING · 051.507° N · 000.128° W ON AIR · BEYOND STRAITS · REPLAY EDITION · 21.05.2026
[lead] expert panel · 90 min

hormuz,
after april.

A KC, a board director, and a former US Marine officer read the legal, strategic and commercial consequences of the closure. Broadcast live from London. Replay open.

replay the forum download report
[01] upcoming11 jun
trade, risk & hedging
FLOYD ZADKOVICH · HANUMAN
HYBRID · 18:30 · LDN
[02] cadwallader24 jun
lord thomas, 2026
INNER TEMPLE HALL · INVITED
30.
YEARS CONVENING · SINCE 1995
10–15%
GLOBAL OIL SHIPPING · RUNNING DARK
8/26
LONDON ARBITRATION · REFERENCED
90m
AVERAGE FORUM · HYBRID BROADCAST
05 Event slides A title slide on stone and a content slide on ink. Coordinates and section markers do the navigating; the headline does the rest.
EVENT · EX–08/26 · LEAD LIVE · LDN · 2026.05.21
[lead] expert panel · 90 min

hormuz,
after april.

A KC, a board director and a former US Marine officer on the legal, strategic and commercial consequences of the closure.

lslc
FLOYD · PARRY KC · WEBB · SHEPPARD
BEARING · 051.507° N · 000.128° W
SECTION · 02 · ENGLISH LAW EX–08/26 · SLIDE 04 / 18
[02] english law

frustration, force majeure
& self-induced risk.

London Arbitration 8/2026 confirms: where war-risk clauses already allocate the risk, the doctrine of frustration does not engage.

Vessels entering the Straits today carry self-induced exposure under The Eugenia [1964]. The 2 May OFAC notice removes any remaining amnesty for IRGC toll payments.

LON ARB8/2026
PRECEDENTEUGENIA '64
OFAC · NOTICE02.05.26
DARK FLEET10–15%
BEARING · 051.507° N · 000.128° W lslc · BEYOND STRAITS
06 Social cards LinkedIn as a coordinate sheet; Instagram as a single, scaled-up stat.
07 YMP The next bearing. Same chassis as the parent direction; the signal swaps from orange to cobalt to mark the junior register as a sister course on the same chart.
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Young Maritime Professionals
MARKBEARING LINE · COBALT TERMINUS · INSTEAD OF SIGNAL.
TYPESAME SPACE GROTESK · LOWERCASE · −.04em TRACKING.
ACCENTCOBALT #1A3FA8 — A SISTER COURSE ON THE SAME CHART.
[ymp] · annual · 2026

the next thirty years.

trinity house, 12.09.26. six panels on the disputes the incoming class will inherit, and the ones they intend to settle.

TRINITY HOUSE · LDN12.IX.2026
C · BEARING · BOLD / CONTEMPORARY END · BEARING · 051.507° N · 000.128° W