Indonesian Language Law and its effect in Shipping Contracts
In August 2015, the Indonesian Supreme Court upheld the ruling of the West Jakarta...
Unintended Consequences of the Indian MTGA 1993
This paper was presented at the All India Annual Conference on Risk & Marine...
Should Customer’s / Shipment Information be provided to 3rd parties?
Some of our clients were recently approached by independent 3rd parties (who assist their...
Arbitration for Small Claims
When parties are involved in negotiating shipping contracts such as charterparties, they often do...
GA & Salvage – Value of Containers – Part II
While writing the first part of this article in April 2015, we were under...
NVO’s Liability and Equipment cover - issues which may arise due to separate covers
Non Vessel Operating Common Carriers (“NVO”) may use their own equipment / containers for...
GA and Salvage Clause - What is its role in a Transport Liability Policy?
A Transport Liability Policy covers the legal and contractual liability of the Insured involved...
Seaworthiness of Containers
This article discusses on the duty of Container Operators to provide "seaworthy" containers and...
NVOCC / Contractual Carriers – Cargo Claims Defence (2nd Part)
This article discusses the issues faced by NVOCC's in the defence of cargo claims....
NVOCC / Contractual Carriers – Cargo Claims Defence (1st Part)
NVOCC would generally load their containers with feeder operators either on “use” or on...