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...
by Editor | Jan 6, 2022 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. The UK Arbitration Act is 25 years old The UK Law Commission (the statutory independent body created to keep the law under review and, where necessary recommend reform) is to review it. It seems to me the driver is the rise of...
by Editor | Dec 27, 2021 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai On 19 March 2021, in the case of Sichuan Daiyalan Trading v. Hong Kong New Wish Electronics (the “Daiyalan Case”), the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court (the “Court”) issued a Civil Ruling ((2021) J04MCNo.52), holding that...
by Editor | Nov 25, 2021 | Commercial Issues
Arthur A. Nitsevych, Interlegal Ukraine Interlegal invites shipping & trade professionals to join our Online Shipping & Trade Day to discuss how to navigate the implications of COVID-19 upon our industry, how to be ready for Trade and Shipping indystry...
by Editor | Nov 9, 2021 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada On 1 October 2021, Zim declared a General Average incident in respect of the loss and damage sustained in the recent fire aboard the vessel near Victoria, BC. What is General Average? An incident...
