by Editor | Jul 22, 2015 | Vessel Arrest
Felipe Arizon, Spain felipearizon@arizon.es The new Spanish Shipping Act has brought to the Spanish jurisdiction a modern code that has finally corrected inexplicable bad approaches like the former absurd liability regime applicable to the ship agents under the...
by Editor | Jul 22, 2015 | Jurisdiction + Forum, National Issues
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai On 15 July 2015, the Supreme People’s Court published “The Supreme People’s Court’s Reply to the Request Made by Shanghai High Court and Others in Relation to the Judicial Review on the Arbitration Awards...
by Editor | Jul 15, 2015 | Carriage by Sea, Insurance, Liability for Freight
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark A contracting carrier and a shipping company were liable for damages that arose when 30 trailers were carried by sea on deck during stormy weather. The Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court found that there were no grounds for...
by Editor | Jul 15, 2015 | Carriage by Sea, Insurance, Jurisdiction + Forum, Liability for Freight
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark An American freight forwarder must pay 160,000 USD in damages to a Danish shipping company after having rejected a contract at the last minute and at the same time hired another shipping company to conduct the carriage. The Danish...
by Editor | Jul 15, 2015 | Insurance, Liability for Freight, National Issues
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark A road haulier’s insurance company had to pay damages worth EUR 35,000 to the road haulier, who had indemnified a freight forwarder in order to preserve their commercial relationship. The Maritime and Commercial High Court dismissed the...
