by Editor | Nov 12, 2018 | Commercial Issues
María Elena Sierra Díaz, General Director, AS Consultores, Mexico Cargo agents, consolidators or Freight Forwarders are socially recognized companies. They can perform in two ways to render their services as specialized companies in logistics. As an agent for third...
by Editor | Nov 6, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Several organizations, including WCA and iContainers, have warned forwarders about the increased risks associated with issuing “switch” bills of lading. Switch bills are obtained from...
by Editor | Oct 28, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues, Legal Lookout
OCTOBER 2018 LEGAL LOOKOUT ARTICLE: The evolution continues: FMC accommodates NVOCC contracting by revising regs governing NSAs and NRAs. Can you believe it’s been 20 years since President Clinton signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 (OSRA) into law? You can...
by Editor | Oct 22, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein, Germany Facts In its capacity as a court for inland navigation, the Mannheim District Court settled a dispute between an inland waterway carrier (the claimant) and a sender (the defendant). The sender had instructed the...
by Editor | Oct 19, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
By: Andrew R. Spector, Esq. and Spencer J. Wellborn, Esq. The Southern District of New York entered a noteworthy decision holding a manufacturer and non-vessel operating common carrier (“NVOCC”) liable for an explosion and fire on a vessel that resulted in...
