by Editor | Aug 23, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, International Conventions
Charlotte van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam The Rotterdam Rules have been introduced almost ten years ago, but have not been embraced just yet. The Netherlands recently took the first steps towards ratification and implementation of the...
by Editor | Jun 22, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Maurice Lynch, Senior Associate, and Tom Mangan, Law Graduate, Mills Oakley. Australia In the age of mega container ships capable of carrying thousands of containers, the potential for incidents affecting large numbers of these containers increases. In the past four...
by Editor | Jun 15, 2018 | Carriage by Sea
Arthur A. Nitsevych, Interlegal Ukraine nitsevych@interlegal.com.ua Interlegal lawyers completed final case proceedings upon maritime casualty upon m/v «Norasia Taurus» in 2005. The Client refunded unused costs of guarantee security for cargo release, which resulted...
by Editor | Jun 5, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai According to Article 46 of the Chinese Maritime Code, the responsibility of a carrier for cargo carried in containers covers the entire period during which the carrier is in charge of the goods, starting from the time the carrier has...
by Editor | May 16, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Introduction This important Court of Appeal case concerned the scope of the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules and their application to the carriage of goods by sea in containers. Kyokuyo (the respondent to the appeal and the claimant cargo...
by Editor | May 9, 2018 | Carriage by Sea
Gill Nadel, Dave Zeitoun, Shirly Strezhevsky, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Background: Israeli legislation created a special arrangement which allows for claims to be filed against individuals who are not within the territory of the State of Israel. The plaintiff files a...
