by Editor | Oct 12, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
The Working Group – Sea Transport of the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Transitaires et Assimilés (FIATA) announced the publication of a Best Practices guide for Demurrage and Detention charges in Container Shipping. The absence of regulatory...
by Editor | Sep 6, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada On 5 March 2018 the FMC announced a fact-finding investigation number 28 entitled “Conditions and Practices relating to Detention, Demurrage, and Free Time in International Oceanborne Commerce”...
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, Case Summaries
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, Case Summaries
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...
