by Editor | Aug 2, 2016 | Carriage by Rail, Summaries of Cases
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam On 4 May 2013 the first five wagons containing acrylonitrile of a freight train derailed in Wetteren, Belgium, due to the driver missing a sign alerting him for switches where the train had to reduce...
by Editor | Jul 28, 2016 | Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada In this recent decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the NVOC claimed a contractual lien over goods in transit for all debts owed by a bankrupt importer (almost $1.5 million)....
by Editor | Jul 22, 2016 | Summaries of Cases
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai The Supreme Court of China recently delivered a ruling on the application of Chapter 9 of the Chinese Maritime Code (CMC) [N1] dealing mainly with disputes arising out of salvage at sea – to contracts for salvage based on...
by Editor | Jul 22, 2016 | Summaries of Cases
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark The Norwegian Court of Appeal ruled that a ship owner was liable for damages to a sea cable due to gross negligence. However, the court eased the amount of damages from € 140,457 to € 54,022 due to the ship owner’s poor financial situation....
by Editor | Jul 8, 2016 | Summaries of Cases
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court has ruled that a shipyard was not liable for several fires on board a ship, even though the fires were caused by faults due to repairs by the shipyard’s subcontractor. The shipping company could not...
