by Editor | Apr 8, 2022 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Recent Changes in the Italian Civil Code on contract of freight forwarding and multimodal carriage Claudio Perrella LS Lex, Italy A few recent and relevant changes have been introduced in the Italian Civil Code impacting on the contract of freight forwarding and...
by Editor | Apr 5, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd [2022] EWHC 467 (Comm) Jacobs J. This recent case in the London Commercial Courts raised an important issue on the extent of a party’s entitlement to serve a force majeure notice in circumstances where...
by Editor | Mar 16, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Update: 31 March 2022 Evergreen Marine has declared General Average after efforts to refloat the vessel failed. The “Ever Forward” has failed to live up to its name as the 334m...
by Editor | Feb 28, 2022 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
By Omer Wagner, PWC Israel As is well known, the war between Russia and Ukraine affects a wide range of areas, both security and economic. This new war situation created, may also affect aspects related to imports and exports between Israel and Ukraine, aspects of...
by Editor | Feb 4, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues, National Issues
The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking public input on an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in respect of carrier detention billing practices. This of course follows their May 2020 publication of an Interpretive Rule on Carrier Billing Practices and October...
by Editor | Jan 20, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada On Tuesday, January 18th, the Korea Fair Trade Commission hit numerous shipping companies with a total of USD$81 million in fines for price fixing on multiple routes between Korea and other east...
