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Recent Articles
Ever Given grounding: who is liable for carrier and forwarder delays?
Steffen Maelicke and Dr. Marco Remiorz, Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein, Germany The grounding of the Ever Given container vessel in the Suez Canal caused considerable congestion for many other vessels which were trapped on both sides of the canal. As such, cargo interests...
London Maritime Arbitrators Association – 2021 Terms
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. The London Maritime Arbitrators Association 2021 Terms have just been published by the LMAA and will take effect for appointments made on or after 1 May 2021. The LMAA concede that there is a deal of “fine tuning” but there are...
Port of Montreal to go on Strike
The union representing Longshoremen at the Port of Montreal, Syndicat des débardeurs local 375, has issued a formal strike notice that will take effect Monday, April 26th. Readers should note that significant disruptions of both import and export cargoes through the...
Hire payment in time charters: a condition or not?
Mykola Kozachenko, lawyer, and Kyrylo Sudnyk, junior lawyer, Interlegal Ukraine Chartering is an important concept of the global maritime trade sector and it consists of different types. One of the forms of carrying out a maritime business is a time charter. Under a...
Force Majeure Off the Rails!
Nicholas Cumming, Solicitor, and Frazer Hunt, partner, Mills Oakley, Australia Ref: Woolworths vs SCT Logistics [2021] NSWSC 344 A recent decision of the Supreme Court of NSW, Woolworths vs SCT Logistics [2021] NSWSC 344, held that despite there being a force majeure...
What’s Next for Suez?
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada The MV Ever Given was freed on Monday afternoon, six days after becoming stuck in the Suez Canal. Traffic is moving again, but the downstream effects will play out over the coming weeks and the...
Jurisdiction clause doesn’t bind related company
Aage Krogh, IUNO, Denmark In a case between a cargo owner’s cargo insurance and a carrier, a dispute regarding the jurisdiction arose. The cargo insurance alleged that the Danish courts had jurisdiction. This followed from the general conditions of the cargo owner’s...
Carriage of pharma products and gross negligence – Danish CMR
Henrik Thal Jantzen, Hafnia Law, Denmark In three recent judgements – the first one being delivered in August 2019 and the last one being delivered in April 2020 – the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court have addressed the question of gross negligence in accordance...
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