The Middle East Branch of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers conducted a Masterclass on Bills of Lading by way of a webinar conducted on 28th Nov and 12th Dec 2020. The author was fortunate to attend the webinar and to…
TT Club recently published an article on “Mitigating Risks of uncollected cargo”1 and which lists ways to identify and prevent this risk. The suggestions made in the article are noteworthy and therefore we would recommend all container operators to consider the…
The Charterers P&I recently published a guidei on What limits of liability to purchase for Charterers Liability Insurance. This set us thinking on similar terms for a Transport Liability Policy (“TLP”). While the TLP encompasses various functions of a Transport Operator…
The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) recently established a register for the voluntary registrationi of NVOCC’sii involved in container shipping. In addition, the IMB launched a course, the IMB NVOCC Bill of Lading Certificate (“NBL”) targeted at the NVOCC’siii. To celebrate…
Webinar conducted by Council for National and International Commercial Arbitration and CNICA Mediation Centre on 18th Sep 2020 and which can be viewed at
We were recently advised that the Indian Govt is in the process of updating its law1 with respect to the Multimodal Transport of Goods. We had, in our earlier article “Unintended Consequences of MTGA 1993”2 commented on the prevailing act,…
This article discusses the common issues related to freight set-offs in the Indian context.
Webinar conducted on 23rd July 2020 by Association of Multimodal Transport Operators of India (AMTOI) and Consolidators Association of India on Claims related to Cargo and Errors & Omissions and which can be viewed at
Webinar conducted by My Logistics Gurukul on15th July 2020 on E-Bill of Lading: A way to Digital Transformation and which can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_400IR8hMc&t=470s
This question cropped up in a claim under a Transport Liability Policy in which the claimed amounts exceeded the limits provided in the policy. In this instance, the policy provided for a substantial deductible and therefore it was important to…