by Steve Block | Aug 29, 2016 | Carriage by Sea, Legal Lookout, Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA Whether master contract trumps conflicting bill of lading is a question of fact not properly decided on summary judgment. Shipper-carrier volume cargo arrangements typically are documented by master contracts stating general terms...
by Editor | Jan 11, 2016 | Carriage by Sea, National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Background The Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) is a treaty of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations agency tasked with maintaining a comprehensive framework of...
by Editor | Jul 15, 2015 | Carriage by Sea, Insurance, Liability for Freight
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark A contracting carrier and a shipping company were liable for damages that arose when 30 trailers were carried by sea on deck during stormy weather. The Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court found that there were no grounds for...
by Editor | Jul 15, 2015 | Carriage by Sea, Insurance, Jurisdiction + Forum, Liability for Freight
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark An American freight forwarder must pay 160,000 USD in damages to a Danish shipping company after having rejected a contract at the last minute and at the same time hired another shipping company to conduct the carriage. The Danish...
by Editor | Jul 8, 2015 | Carriage by Sea, National Issues
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai South Korea’s current outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has been the focus of much international attention. The local impact of the outbreak has been severe, leading to nearly 3,000 schools being closed...
by Editor | Aug 25, 2014 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Shmuel Grossman, Roy Gilad, Grossman, Cordova, Gilad & Co, Israel A company handling acquisition and marketing of metal waste contacted a client from England and agreed upon the exporting of an aluminium slag shipment to Spain. In order to export the shipment, the...
