by Editor | Feb 25, 2020 | Commercial Issues
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai Ed Note: the following summarizes the highlights of Clyde + Co.’s Coronavirus update for the international trade and transportation sector. The recent outbreak of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China has received worldwide attention...
by Editor | Feb 19, 2020 | STCs, Summaries of Cases
Maurice Lynch, Special Counsel, Mills Oakley, Australia Most freight forwarders have standard terms and conditions. Whether a freight forwarder can rely upon these standard terms and conditions as a defence in disputes depends upon: whether they have been incorporated...
by Editor | Feb 12, 2020 | Carriage by Air, Summaries of Cases
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam 1. Ref: Ceva Freight LLC et al vs. China Airlines, Court of North Holland, Judgment of 4 December 2019. The facts 2.1. Ceva is a (part of) a globally operating logistic service provider, active among...
by Editor | Feb 5, 2020 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Adrián Guzmán Sánchez, AS Consultores, Mexico In the logistics world, the Freight Forwarder is the provider of specialized services that, acting as a third party between the user and the carrier, develops and coordinates logistics activities for the transportation of...
by Editor | Jan 25, 2020 | Summaries of Cases
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. For the first time, the English High Court was asked to adjudicate on the inadmissibility of a MAIB report in a private and confidential arbitration. The rival contentions were – was the court’s permission required under...
