by Editor | May 24, 2017 | Customs Issues, National Issues
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) published Customs Notice 17-15 yesterday, which delays the mandatory implementation date for the e-Manifest program indefinitely. This expected announcement replaces Notice 16-23, under which e-Manifest would have been...
by Editor | May 14, 2017 | Case Summaries, National Issues
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai China has for the longest time been known for adopting one of the most restrictive reciprocity systems in the world. A view widely accepted by even Chinese scholars, this approach has made it almost impossible to recognise foreign...
by Editor | Apr 25, 2017 | Case Summaries, Jurisdiction + Forum
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Baltic Cable AB in Malmö, Sweden, owns and operates a 600 submarine high voltage, direct current link between Trelleborg, Sweden and Lübeck, Germany. This link...
by Editor | Apr 19, 2017 | Legal Lookout
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA The evolution of ocean shipping requires periodic tune-ups to its management, and the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) recently worked with industry (though its various trade associations) to adjust the cogs of regulatory...
by Editor | Apr 14, 2017 | National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Canada The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that Canada is repealing its sanctions against Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia under the United Nations Act. Pursuant to United Nations...
