by Editor | Jun 5, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai According to Article 46 of the Chinese Maritime Code, the responsibility of a carrier for cargo carried in containers covers the entire period during which the carrier is in charge of the goods, starting from the time the carrier has...
by Editor | May 16, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Introduction This important Court of Appeal case concerned the scope of the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules and their application to the carriage of goods by sea in containers. Kyokuyo (the respondent to the appeal and the claimant cargo...
by Editor | Apr 23, 2018 | Principal + Agent, Summaries of Cases
Roy Gilad, Grossman, Cordova, Gilad & Co, Israel On March 14, 2018, the Magistrate Court in the city of Be’er Sheva in Israel gave a ruling on the question of whether a freight forwarder is responsible for alleged damage sustained by an importer as a result of a...
by Editor | Apr 18, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Ref: LPL Projects Logistics Spain S.L. and TransGroup Worldwide Logistics v. Onego Shipping & Chartering B.V. – the “Pietro Benedetti” Transformer shipped from Bilbao (Spain) to Houston (Texas)...
by Editor | Apr 13, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Glencore Energy UK Ltd v Freeport Holdings Ltd (The Lady M) [2017] EWHC 3348 (Comm) Popplewell J. This case raised (on a determination of agreed preliminary issues on agreed facts) some significant points under the...
by Editor | Apr 9, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Sevylor Shipping v Altfadul Company (The Baltic Strait) [2018] EWHC 629 (Comm) Andrew Baker J. This was an appeal to the High Court under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 arising out of a London arbitration award whereby...
