by Editor | Feb 1, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany When a sea carrier files for insolvency in the course of the sea carriage, considerable additional costs and expenses occur in the efforts to deliver the cargo to the consignee. If a German freight forwarder is...
by Editor | Nov 15, 2017 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Russian air carrier AirBridge Cargo loses Schiphol slots Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam The allocation of slots at Schiphol Airport (number 11 in the World’s Top 100 Airports 2017) for the current winter season has not gone by...
by Editor | Nov 3, 2017 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam The Rotterdam District Court has handed down a judgment in Overseas Shippers Association Ltd/MOL (Europe) B.V.[1] in connection with disputes that have arisen under a Frame Agreement enabling members of...
by Editor | Oct 10, 2017 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA Ed Note: This article is republished with permission from September’s Legal Lookout. In 1920, Congress passed the Merchant Marine Act, colloquially “the Jones Act,” which governs transportation of cargo within the U.S....
by Editor | Sep 7, 2017 | Commercial Issues
Karyna Gorovaya, Senior Lawyer, Interlegal, Ukraine One of the most popular global business activities is international trade. Ukraine is also engaged in such process. Official statistic data show that Ukraine, as the agricultural state, ranks among the top global...
by Editor | Jul 26, 2017 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
Felipe Arizon, Spain felipearizon@arizon.es Ref: Judgment of 5th October 2016 This was an appeal by Messrs. A/P Moller Maersk AS against the judgment issued by the Valencia Commercial Court in respect to a claim for demurrage and other costs incurred by a shipment of...