Bills of Lading (“Bs/L”) issued by Container Carriers/NVOCC’s invariably contain a definition clausei in which a Merchant is defined as “including the Shipper, Holder, Consignee, Receiver of the Goods, any person owning or entitled to the possession or of the…
We recently came across the latest legal updates of Kennedy’s in which they reported on an Australian case, Manassen Foods v Seaway Logistics : A salad dressing debacle decided as a matter of ‘undisclosed principal’i, which went right up to…
The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers is a membership organisation involved in maintaining professional standards in the commercial shipping industry. In this regard, it conducts examinations in various subjects including Legal Principles of Shipping Business (“LPS”) (which is one of the…
Our below article focusses on both the formation of a contract and the limitation of liability available for Delay related claims with respect to Container Shipments. When is a contract formed? It is uncontroversial that for chartering contracts under English…
We recently had an opportunity to speak in a webinar conducted on 11th April 2025 by AMTOI. One of the questions raised during the session was on the reluctance of NVOCC’s to release cargo against a Bank Guarantee (“BG”) and…
The Singapore Branch of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokersi recently conducted a conference on Shipbroking: Navigating the future – Trends, Opportunities and Risks and which was widely attended from the shipping fraternity. Firstly, Kudos to the Office bearers of the…
The NUS Centre for Maritime Law (“CML”) recently published a paper on “The Impact of Containerization on Carrier Liability” authored by Mustafa Yilmaz, a research associate with CML. This paper is a must read for claims practitioners involved in containerized…
We have recently seen some instances of mis-declared cargo by Shippers and due to which container operators (“Carriers”) had to deal with the disposal and the port storage costs at the destination (the consignee did not come forth to take…
The English High Courti recently held that NVOCC’s (“NVO’s) acting as slot charterersii were also entitled to limit liability based on the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 as amended by the 1996 Protocol (as amended in…
A Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier (“NVO”) would generally book with an overlying carrier on similar termsi such that should they face any exposure for damage to the cargo from the downward contractual parties/cargo interests, they could look for an indemnity…