This article discusses on Electronic Bills of Lading with reference to Paper Bills of Lading. Although there are many many providers of Electronic Bills of Lading such as Bolero, essDOCS, KTNET and ETitle, we contacted Bolero and essDOCS so that…
This article discusses on the relevance of Shipped on Board Date and the date to be reflected in the Bills of Lading. During a training session we recently conducted, we were enquired on what would be the correct “shipped on…
This article discusses on the importance of Standard Trading Conditions to International Transport Operators as it would assist them in dealing with the “before and after” problem which may arise. This article touches upon the importance of Standard Trading Conditions…
At the request of their customers, Carriers regularly issue Switch Bills of Lading. This articles touches on the risks together with the risk management procedures which should be considered by the Carriers prior to issue of any Switch Bills of…
This article discusses the limitation of liability available under the Hague and Hague/Visby Rules. It also cites instances where limitation of liability under the Hague Rules may actually be better than the Hague/Visby Rules. The International Convention for the Unification…
This article discusses in detail on the issues to be considered when a Container Operator decides to become a slot charterer. While these issues were touched on our earlier articles, “Should a Container Operator become a Slot Charterer?” and “Connecting…
This article focuses on Clause 5.6 of Institute Container Clauses, Time 1/1/87 and its effect. It also discusses ways to manage the risks which are uninsured due to this exclusion. This article focuses on Clause 5.6 of the Institute…
This article describes issues which may arise when there is double insurance One of the claims we previously handled was a RDC claim in which there were two insurances covering the same risk (the P&I Insurers covered ¼ RDC and…
This article focuses on the insurance cover available to various parties who may be involved in a General Average Following our article of General Average – Issues arising in Container Shipping of last week, we now focus on the various…
This article discusses, as we see it, the issues faced in General Averages in the Container Liner Industry 1.Introduction: General Average can be defined as a principle of maritime law in which parties who have benefited from any extraordinary sacrifice…