by Editor | Oct 28, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues, Legal Lookout
OCTOBER 2018 LEGAL LOOKOUT ARTICLE: The evolution continues: FMC accommodates NVOCC contracting by revising regs governing NSAs and NRAs. Can you believe it’s been 20 years since President Clinton signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 (OSRA) into law? You can...
by Editor | Oct 12, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
The Working Group – Sea Transport of the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Transitaires et Assimilés (FIATA) announced the publication of a Best Practices guide for Demurrage and Detention charges in Container Shipping. The absence of regulatory...
by Editor | Sep 28, 2018 | Commercial Issues
María Elena Sierra Díaz, General Director, AS Consultores There is a pain within the business sector regarding the imports or exports of products, commodities and inputs as well as for the companies who provide customs and transportation services to foreign trade...
by Editor | Sep 24, 2018 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
Alexey Remeslo, Mikhail Selivanov, Interlegal A large bunkering company applied to Interlegal for legal assistance due to debt recovery for bunker supply. Case analysis resulted in the decision on ship arrest as maritime claim security as soon as possible, since the...
by Editor | Sep 19, 2018 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai China establishes International Commercial Courts to resolve International Commercial Disputes China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), launched in 2013, is well underway in increasing China’s regional connectivity and...
by Editor | Sep 6, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada On 5 March 2018 the FMC announced a fact-finding investigation number 28 entitled “Conditions and Practices relating to Detention, Demurrage, and Free Time in International Oceanborne Commerce”...
