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In the container liner industry, containers are either owned or leased and operated by various parties. Following a General Average Incident, the Average Adjuster will seek details of the valuation of the containers loaded on board the vessel together with…
The decision of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. v Cottonex Ansalt appears to be the first English decision in relation to container demurrage. This article reviews the possible effect of the decision to Container Carriers. In our earlier article on…
One of my friends recently contacted me over an issue which he faced with respect to shipment of two containers of personal effects. Once the containers were loaded, my friend’s forwarder advised him that the Container Carrier (“CC”) had imposed…
We have been asked regularly by our clients as to whether they should accede to the requests made by Shippers to incorporate details of the sale contract in their bills of lading. In this regard, our consistent advise has been…
There continues to be growing containerized trade between the Indian Sub-Continent/Middle East to Iran either for Iran or for other countries for which goods transit through Iran. While talks are on between the UN and other parties and Iran to…
This article discusses on the Fiduciary Duty of participants in the Transportation Industry at large We recently attended a mediation talk (mediation is gaining traction in Singapore and which could result in great savings to the disputants) and one of…
This article discusses on the effect of the clause “Container to be package for limitation” in a Bill of Lading contract with reference to The Hague / The Hague Visby Rules. Recently, we chanced upon a clause in one of…
This article discusses on the exclusions available under Institute Cargo Clauses Cl.4.6, its implications to cargo assureds in the context of shipping cargo in containers. We understand that some parties engage Container Liner Operators (“CLO”) purely on the basis of…
Presentation given on 16th Oct 2014 at the Maritime Knowledge Shipping Session 29 jointly organized by the Singapore Maritime Foundation and General Insurance Association of Singapore Download Now
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…