by Editor | May 4, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: MVV Environment Devonport Ltd v NTO Shipping GmbH & Co KG [2020] EWHC 1371 (Comm) HHJ Pelling QC. The ultimate issue that arose in this case is whether the claimant was party to the contract of carriage evidenced by the...
by Editor | Apr 19, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Felipe Arizon, Arizon Abogados SLP, Spain Ref: MV UGLJAN, damage to bulk cargo of soybeans; whether carriers were responsible for the damages suffered by the Argentinian soybeans arrived in Malaga caked, dark, and hardened, or whether the damages were to be attributed...
by Editor | Apr 5, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd [2022] EWHC 467 (Comm) Jacobs J. This recent case in the London Commercial Courts raised an important issue on the extent of a party’s entitlement to serve a force majeure notice in circumstances where...
by Editor | Mar 29, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Maurice Lynch and Lorna Anderson, Mills Oakley, Australia The Supreme Court of the UK has handed down a landmark judgment, providing important guidance on the scope of carriers/owners seaworthiness and due diligence obligations under the Hague/Hague-Visby Rules (Hague...
by Editor | Mar 16, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Update: 31 March 2022 Evergreen Marine has declared General Average after efforts to refloat the vessel failed. The “Ever Forward” has failed to live up to its name as the 334m...
by Editor | Feb 4, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues, National Issues
The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking public input on an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in respect of carrier detention billing practices. This of course follows their May 2020 publication of an Interpretive Rule on Carrier Billing Practices and October...