by Editor | Apr 25, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, Transport Documents
Christian Liu and Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai Under the Chinese Maritime Code, a carrier is strictly obliged to deliver cargo against the production of the original Bill of Lading, and it is, therefore, usually very difficult to defend a claim lodged by the...
by Editor | Feb 28, 2019 | Case Summaries, Transport Documents
Adv. Gill Nadel, Adv. Dave Zeitoun, Adv. Shirly Strezhevsky, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Background: In the following article we will review the ruling of the Haifa Magistrate Court regarding F.A.Y. Com Ltd.’s request to delay the release of marine cargo which...
by Editor | Apr 18, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, 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 | Case Summaries, 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 | Case Summaries, 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 | Case Summaries, 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...
