by Editor | Sep 30, 2014 | National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA”) between Canada and the EU was signed on Friday by representatives of Canada and the EU after five years of negotiations. Prime Minister...
by Editor | Sep 29, 2014 | Transport Documents
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Under the terms of a Bill of Lading the shipper, the receiver, the consignee, the holder of the Bill of Lading, the owner of the cargo and, usually, anybody further defined as merchant in the Bill of...
by Editor | Sep 29, 2014 | Case Summaries, National Issues
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany The District Court of Hamburg – very experienced in shipping matters – has denied the liability of a freight forwarder for the loss of goods due to the sinking of the MOL Comfort. The defendant, a German...
by Editor | Aug 25, 2014 | Case Summaries, National Issues
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam District Court of Rotterdam, 2nd July 2014 in Sovlot v. Bensam Maritime Oil & Gass On 20 November 2012 a Towage Agreement was concluded between Sovlot B.V. (the Netherlands) as Tug Owner and...
by Editor | Aug 25, 2014 | National Issues
Alexey Remeslo, Senior Lawyer, Interlegal, Law firm General view on service providers’ liability in Ukraine Ukrainian Law does not contain specific provisions as for the service providers’ liability. Such is regulated by general...