by Editor | Oct 21, 2020 | Carriage by Sea, National Issues
On 20 October 2020 the containership Claude A Desgagnés departed Montreal en route to Toronto, according to reports by the Port of Montreal and others. The voyage, a collaboration between MSC and Groupe Desgagnés, is the first such container cabotage route on the...
by Editor | Oct 20, 2020 | Carriage by Sea, Customs Issues, National Issues
María Elena Sierra Díaz, AS Consultores, Mexico The present year has brought an enormous amount of changes and surprises to the world, and Mexico is no exception. Due to the globalization process, every situation happening at a world level, affects our institutions,...
by Editor | Oct 13, 2020 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues, National Issues
The US Federal maritime Commission (FMC) announced a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) earlier this month seeking public comment on the practices of vessel operating carriers relating to the definition of “Merchant”. More specifically, the FMC seeks comments from...
by Editor | Sep 12, 2020 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Evgeniy Sukachev, Senior Partner, and Irina Dolya, Associate, Black Sea Law Company International merchant shipping is undeniably a link for the global economy. Relations in the merchant shipping sphere are regulated not only by national systems of laws and codes, but...
by Editor | Jul 27, 2020 | Carriage by Sea, Transport Documents
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. A number of claimants all named as ‘shipper’ on a bill of lading for a shipment of 201 packages of cargo described to be in ‘apparent good order and condition’ at the time of inspection, collectively brought a claim against the...
by Editor | Jun 11, 2020 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. The recent Commercial Court judgement, MVV Environment Devonport Limited v NTO Shipping GmbH and Co KG was a challenge to a final arbitration award but really it was all about who is a party to a bill of lading contract. The case...