by Editor | Jun 18, 2018 | Carriage by Road, Case Summaries
Arnold Van Steenderen, Charlotte J. van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Under the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) carriers shall be free to agree among themselves on provisions other than those...
by Editor | Jun 5, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
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, Case Summaries
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 | Case Summaries, Principal + Agent
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, Case Summaries, 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, Case Summaries
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...
