by Editor | Apr 17, 2016 | National Issues
Alexey Remeslo, Senior Lawyer, Interlegal, Law firm Freight forwarding is commonly defined as a business activity on rendering freight forwarding services in respect of supply and carriage of export, import, transit and other...
by Editor | Mar 23, 2016 | Principal + Agent
Gill Nadel, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Last August, the Knesset’s Economics Committee approved new regulations, requiring international forwarders to provide full disclosure in their dealings with private consumers. The purpose of the regulations is to prevent...
by Editor | Mar 23, 2016 | National Issues
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark A carrier was held liable for damages to goods caused by lifting and humidity, when the goods were being stored and transported within the port area previously to shipping. The carrier and the consignor did not have an established agreement...
by Editor | Mar 23, 2016 | National Issues
Felipe Arizon, Spain felipearizon@arizon.es Introduction The “Prestige” was an Aframax class oil tanker registered in the Bahamas with a Liberian corporation as owner and operated by a Greek company. On November 13th, 2002, while it was carrying 77,000 mt of heavy...
by Editor | Mar 6, 2016 | National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/ctareview2014/canada-transportation-act-review.html In June 2014 the Government of Canada commissioned a review of the Canada Transportation Act and related legislation, with...
