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...
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 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
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...
