by Editor | Jan 21, 2016 | Case Summaries, National Issues
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 | Case Summaries
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, Case Summaries
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 | Case Summaries
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...
by Editor | Jul 22, 2015 | Case Summaries, National Issues
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Gard Marine & Energy Ltd v China National Chartering Co Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 16 – Contracts providing for insurance to be taken out in joint names have given rise to problems in relation to subrogation for a number of years....
by Editor | Jul 15, 2015 | Carriage by Road, Case Summaries, Insurance, Liability for Freight
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark A wind turbine nacelle was damaged worth 228.000 EUR during transportation. The shipper of the nacelle made a settlement with the road haulier about compensating 134.000 EUR of the damages. Subsequently, the shipper claimed damages from the...
