by Editor | Feb 8, 2018 | STCs
Helen Noble, Noble Shipping Law, Ireland In 2017 a committee of IIFA members commenced a review of the IIFA 1989 Standard Trading Conditions. The revised terms, available for use from 31 January 2018, are the IIFA Standard Trading Conditions and Warehousing Conditions...
by Editor | Feb 1, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany When a sea carrier files for insolvency in the course of the sea carriage, considerable additional costs and expenses occur in the efforts to deliver the cargo to the consignee. If a German freight forwarder is...
by Editor | Jan 24, 2018 | Carriage by Road, Case Summaries
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA Ref: Mid-America Freight Logistics, LLC v. Walters Trucking, Inc., 2017 WL 4778570 (E.D. Mo. 2017) Freight broker Mid-America Freight Logistics had a contract with motor carrier Walters Trucking whereby Walters agreed to hold...
by Editor | Jan 22, 2018 | National Issues
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. The London Circuit Commercial Court has introduced a voluntary pilot scheme for capped costs litigation. The court is the successor to the London Mercantile Court and is there to provide an alternative to the Commercial Court for...
by Editor | Jan 15, 2018 | National Issues
Roy Gilad, Grossman, Cordova, Gilad & Co, Israel Israeli law applies international norms to Actual Carriers, both sea and air, including limited liability clauses. Thus, the Israeli Marine Goods Transportation Ordinance applies the Hague Regulations to bills of...
