by Editor | Feb 29, 2024 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues, Multimodal, National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued its final rule on carrier detention and demurrage practices under the Ocean Shipping Reform Act 2022....
by Editor | Oct 21, 2019 | Case Summaries, Multimodal
Karen Lorenz and Dr. Marco Remiorz, Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein, Germany Facts The claimant had undertaken to transport a transformer overseas from a manufacturer’s plant. The claimant entrusted part of the transport to the defendant. The latter took over the...
by Editor | Jul 22, 2019 | Case Summaries, Multimodal
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Katharina Schmidtke, Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein, Germany The Regional Court of Verden has issued a decision on 19 January 2019 (case 9 O 20/16) in which it ruled on the liability of a carrier for the loss of goods and delay of delivery. The facts The...
by Editor | Mar 11, 2019 | Case Summaries, Multimodal, STCs
Does the General Conditions of Danske Havnevirksomheder (DHAB) apply where the terms have not been expressly agreed between the parties? This was the question in a case recently considered by the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court. Henrik Thal...
by Editor | Jan 11, 2019 | Carriage by Air, Multimodal
María Elena Sierra Díaz, General Director, AS Consultoria, Mexico The present analysis allows determining the ideal document for multimodal transport, where part of the trip is transported by air. Due to the nature of the bill of lading and its conditions, it is...
by Editor | Dec 27, 2017 | Legal Lookout, Multimodal
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA [Ed Note: This article was first published in December 2017’s “Legal Lookout” and is republished here with the author’s permission] Virtually all ocean freight forwarders and surface freight brokers have to...
