by Editor | Jun 14, 2019 | Carriage by Road, National Issues
María Elena Sierra Díaz, AS Consultores, Mexico The Freight Forwarding Agent is a corporation established in accordance with the Mexican legislation and its corporate bylaws shall include the provision of services for the transportation of all kinds of personal...
by Editor | May 27, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Limited work actions by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) are planned to begin today at Deltaport and Vanterm, potentially affecting Canada’s main west coast...
by Editor | May 25, 2019 | Carriage by Air, Customs Issues
Dr. Marco Remiorz and Lars Kortländer, Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein, Germany In a recently published decision of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Düsseldorf the Court held that if the sovereign act (here: destruction of the goods by customs) has been rendered null and...
by Editor | May 21, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
As Stan Rogers might have said, it’s been six long months since she sailed away, but she just made Halifax yesterday. Hapag-Lloyd’s Yantian Express sailed from Columbo, Sri Lanka, in December 2018, but in January the ship was struck by fire while at sea on 2 January...
by Editor | May 14, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
In April 2019 the FIATA Working Group Sea Transport published a guide outlining problems and best practices in “Container Shipping and Quality of Containers“. This follows on their guide for best practices in respect of demurrage and detention on...
