by Editor | Apr 23, 2021 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues, National Issues
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...
by Editor | Apr 22, 2021 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
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...
by Editor | Apr 21, 2021 | Uncategorised
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...
by Editor | Mar 30, 2021 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
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...
by Editor | Mar 14, 2021 | Commercial Issues, Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
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...
