by Editor | Apr 18, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Ref: LPL Projects Logistics Spain S.L. and TransGroup Worldwide Logistics v. Onego Shipping & Chartering B.V. – the “Pietro Benedetti” Transformer shipped from Bilbao (Spain) to Houston (Texas)...
by Editor | Mar 12, 2018 | Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Gill Nadel, Dave Zeitoun, Shirly Strezhevsky, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Case Facts & Arguments: A dispute arose between food importers and marine carriers during the release of food shipments which reached their destinations at the ports of Haifa and Ashdod. The...
by Editor | Feb 15, 2018 | Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Roy Gilad, Grossman, Cordova, Gilad & Co, Israel In January 25th, 2018 a precedent decision was rendered by the Israeli Supreme Court, according to which a foreign jurisdiction clause in a bill of lading applied also to a third party that was not a party to the...
by Editor | Oct 20, 2017 | Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Frazer Hunt and Henry Holland, Mills Oakley, Australia The District Court of New South Wales has ruled that a freight forwarder engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct by issuing house bills of lading with all the hallmarks of negotiable bills of lading where the...
by Editor | Oct 9, 2016 | Transport Documents
Roy Gilad, Grossman, Cordova, Gilad & Co, Israel In August 2016, a decision was rendered by the Haifa District court, as Admiralty Tribunal, according to which a foreign jurisdiction clause in a bill of lading applied to a third party that was not a party to the...
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...
