Electronic Bills of Lading (eB/L) – Part 2
We had earlier published an article on eB/L's in Sep 2014 and this is...
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...
House Bills of Lading – are they a cause for concern?
We recently read an article which mentioned that there were additional risks associated with...
Risk Management in the Shipping Industry
Presentation given at Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Dubai on 11 May 2015 Download Now
Is the Equipment Policy a Valued or an Unvalued Policy?
Recently, one of our readers of our previous article, GA & Salvage - Value...
GA & Salvage – Value of Containers
In the container liner industry, containers are either owned or leased and operated by...
Validity of Detention & Demurrage Clauses
The decision of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. v Cottonex Ansalt appears to be...
Revised Freight Rates / GRI’s – are they valid?
One of my friends recently contacted me over an issue which he faced with...
If requested by Shipper's, should Carrier's show additional details in their Bills of Lading?
We have been asked regularly by our clients as to whether they should accede...
Container Operators – Trading to Iran
There continues to be growing containerized trade between the Indian Sub-Continent/Middle East to Iran...
Fiduciary Duty in the Transportation Industry
This article discusses on the Fiduciary Duty of participants in the Transportation Industry at...
Would clausing the B/L “Container to be package for Limitation” be valid?
This article discusses on the effect of the clause "Container to be package for...
ICC Clause 4.6 application for Container Shipments
This article discusses on the exclusions available under Institute Cargo Clauses Cl.4.6, its implications...
Refrigerated Claims Handling
Presentation given on 16th Oct 2014 at the Maritime Knowledge Shipping Session 29 jointly...
Electronic Bills of Lading
This article discusses on Electronic Bills of Lading with reference to Paper Bills of...