by Editor | Apr 22, 2016 | National Issues
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark Despite the presence of gross negligence, the Supreme Court of Norway acquitted a shipbroker who was not held liable since the shipping company, which had been misled, could not prove a loss. A Norwegian shipbroker was collecting tenders...
by Editor | Apr 17, 2016 | National Issues
Alexey Remeslo, Senior Lawyer, Interlegal, Law firm Freight forwarding is commonly defined as a business activity on rendering freight forwarding services in respect of supply and carriage of export, import, transit and other...
by Editor | Mar 23, 2016 | National Issues
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark A carrier was held liable for damages to goods caused by lifting and humidity, when the goods were being stored and transported within the port area previously to shipping. The carrier and the consignor did not have an established agreement...
by Editor | Mar 23, 2016 | National Issues
Felipe Arizon, Spain felipearizon@arizon.es Introduction The “Prestige” was an Aframax class oil tanker registered in the Bahamas with a Liberian corporation as owner and operated by a Greek company. On November 13th, 2002, while it was carrying 77,000 mt of heavy...
by Editor | Mar 6, 2016 | National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/ctareview2014/canada-transportation-act-review.html In June 2014 the Government of Canada commissioned a review of the Canada Transportation Act and related legislation, with...
by Editor | Feb 7, 2016 | National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada On 5 February 2016 the Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade, announced changes to the Special Economic...
