Opposition to Chinese companies competing for European tenders is increasing rapidly. In this article, the FD newspaper wrote about European dredging companies, including Van Oord and Boskalis, that are objecting to the participation of Chinese competitors in tenders in Europe. The article...
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There have been several questions about the “liability of the shipper on the bill of lading“.. The shipper on the bill of lading may not necessarily be the actual exporter or seller of the goods that are covered in the...
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Introduction Multimodal transport is widely applied in logistic handling and practice. In a multimodal transport, if one of its modes of transport is sea carriage and there is cargo loss or a damage claim against the operator, which statute of...
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BACKGROUND Refund guarantees are an integral part of a shipbuilding project. Whilst they are not part of the shipbuilding contract as such, it is unlikely that any ship building contract would be signed if there was no such guarantee for...
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Nomination of a ‘special interest in delivery’ for a carriage under the CMR Convention remains insufficient on its own; it is necessary for the value to be declared in the consignment note – a German interpretation. Where goods are carried...
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Facts In early 2018 the plaintiff hired the defendant to transport a container from Bremen in Germany to Freeport in The Bahamas. This was to be done at a fixed price in line with the German Freight Forwarders’ Standard Terms...
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