by Editor | Feb 26, 2015 | Case Summaries, Insurance, National Issues
Shawn K. Faguy, Faguy & Co. Barristers & Solicitors Inc. We represented Travelers Insurance Company (“Travelers”) in its subrogated action against a supplier of iron ore pellets that froze en route from Port-Cartier, Quebec to Toledo, Ohio. The...
by Editor | Feb 17, 2015 | Case Summaries
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Introduction On November 28 2013 the Transport Law Division of the Federal Court of Justice decided on a case (I ZR 144/12) in which a manufacturer of tap chargers contracted a freight forwarder (the defendant) on a...
by Editor | Feb 17, 2015 | Case Summaries
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Facts The transport insurer of a factory claimed damages from a carrier for damage to transported goods. The insured had engaged the defendant to transport eight boxes containing on-load tap changers from Germany to...
by Editor | Jan 26, 2015 | Case Summaries, Liability for Freight, National Issues
Gill Nadel, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel When Does the Court Exempt the Marine Carrier and Freight Forwarder From Liability For Late Arriving Cargo? During the transportation of cargo, whether it is for import of for export, importers/exporters are assisted by many...
by Editor | Jan 19, 2015 | Case Summaries
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London ref:Geden Operations Ltd v Dry Bulk Handy Holdings Inc M/V “Bulk Uruguay”/ [2014] EWHC 885 (Comm) (28 March 2014), [2014] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 66 Popplewell J. This case concerned an appeal pursuant to s.69 of the...
by Editor | Jan 19, 2015 | Case Summaries, National Issues
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany The Hamburg District Court has denied a freight forwarder’s liability for the loss of goods due to the sinking of the MOL Comfort. Facts The defendant, a German freight forwarder, was instructed with a...
