by Editor | Sep 14, 2021 | Carriage by Sea, National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada On August 10th Congressmen John Garamendi (D-CA) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) introduced the “Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021”, a bipartisan proposal which would, if passed, become the first...
by Editor | Sep 6, 2021 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. The recently reported case of SK Shipping Europe PLC v VLCC 3 Corporation and another raised a number of legal issues which are of general interest as a matter of English commercial law and arise from time to time but do not often...
by Editor | Aug 29, 2021 | Carriage by Road, Summaries of Cases
Ref: Articles 17, 23 and 25, CMR Charlotte J. van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers The Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (“CMR”) provides a liability regime for international road carriage claims....
by Editor | Jul 12, 2021 | Carriage by Sea, National Issues
On Friday July 9th the White House announced a series of 72 initiatives spanning virtually every federal jurisdiction and intended to address anti-competitive practices in industries from telecommunications to prescription drugs. Among these initiatives is an order...
by Editor | Jul 12, 2021 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
A brief overview of the recent Belgian case law Adry Poelmans, Van Doosselaere Avocaten, Belgium Over the last few years, freight forwarders have been confronted with extensive (and sometimes outrageous) demurrage charges from sea carriers. Although demurrage serves...
