by Editor | Nov 7, 2016 | Case Summaries
George Wang, Dentons Beijing The practices of cargo forwarding businesses are always contentious, especially in Chinese jurisdiction, where the industry is governed by several statutory laws and regulations. Every party involved should be scrupulous when doing the...
by Editor | Nov 6, 2016 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, National Issues
Gill Nadel + Ohad Krief, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Importers utilize the services of various logistics entities in the cargo transportation process, including international forwarders, shipping companies, air carriers, custom brokers, logistic warehouses and many...
by Steve Block | Aug 29, 2016 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, Legal Lookout, Transport Documents
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA Whether master contract trumps conflicting bill of lading is a question of fact not properly decided on summary judgment. Shipper-carrier volume cargo arrangements typically are documented by master contracts stating general terms...
by Editor | Aug 2, 2016 | Carriage by Rail, Case Summaries
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam On 4 May 2013 the first five wagons containing acrylonitrile of a freight train derailed in Wetteren, Belgium, due to the driver missing a sign alerting him for switches where the train had to reduce...
by Editor | Jul 28, 2016 | Case Summaries, Transport Documents
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada In this recent decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the NVOC claimed a contractual lien over goods in transit for all debts owed by a bankrupt importer (almost $1.5 million)....
by Editor | Jul 22, 2016 | Case Summaries
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai The Supreme Court of China recently delivered a ruling on the application of Chapter 9 of the Chinese Maritime Code (CMC) [N1] dealing mainly with disputes arising out of salvage at sea – to contracts for salvage based on...
