by Editor | Feb 22, 2016 | Carriage by Air, Summaries of Cases
Gill Nadel, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Damaged cargo claims against air carriers (airlines) are subject to an extremely short statute of limitations, becoming time barred two years from the cargo’s date of delivery (or the date it should have been delivered), in...
by Editor | Feb 22, 2016 | Summaries of Cases
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany The Koblenz Regional Court recently decided that according to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), a carrier’s direct claims against the consignee are barred,...
by Editor | Jan 21, 2016 | National Issues, Summaries of Cases
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark In a partial judgment concerning arbitration, the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court rejected a legal appeal against a freight forwarder affiliated with the contracting carrier, since the carrier was not legally bound by the agreement in...
by Editor | Jan 21, 2016 | Summaries of Cases
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Introduction On 11 September 2015 the Dutch Supreme Court rendered judgment (C&J Veldhuizen Holding B.V. v Beurskens Allround Cargo B.v., S&S 2016/1) on the interpretation of provisions...
by Editor | Jan 13, 2016 | Carriage by Air, Summaries of Cases
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark The Norwegian Appeal Court has established that a freight forwarder had to compensate a shipper 39,000 Euro as a load of salmons arrived 40 hours late and therefore no longer were fit for human consumption. The freight forwarder had to...
by Editor | Dec 23, 2015 | Summaries of Cases
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Facts The claimant, a Hamburg terminal operator, was instructed by the charterer of the BBC Naples, a general cargo vessel, to discharge and store pipes in the port of Hamburg. The pipes were discharged from the...
