Transportation
Ports Operations
Shippers are discovering that in today’s ever-changing liner industry the question is not where your cargo is but who is carrying it. Furthermore, the carriers are paying more attention to who the port operator is together with the location of the port. As a result, port operators should take into account those shippers’ and carriers’ [...]
Trucking & Transportation a Comprehensive Cover
Greenwoods Cargo team has developed a range of solutions for Trucking business which includes: 1. Motor Truck Cargo Liability insurance (MTC) 2. Auto Physical Damage insurance (APD) or a combination of both. For large fleets or difficult to place risks we have excess markets enabling us to provide [...]
The Burden of Proving
Who Bears The Burden of Proving The Cause of Cargo Damage? Where goods are shown to have been loaded in good condition and discharged in damaged condition, it is well established that it is for the carrier to establish that the loss was sustained through a cause for which it is not responsible. In this [...]
The Breach of Contractual Obligations
Article 29 of CMR and safety-relevant contractual agreements Hitherto, little attention has been paid to a Nuremberg Court of Appeal decision that was issued on 4 February 2009. The court had to rule on the carrier’s right to limit its liability in a case in which goods were stolen during international transportation after the carrier [...]
“Container Freight Derivatives”
the way forward for the container industry? The first meeting of the Container Freight Derivatives Association (“CFDA”) was held in Shanghai on 14 September 2010. The CFDA is an independent organization for participants in the container freight derivatives market which, in its own words, has among its aims to “promote the trading of container freight [...]
“Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air Convention (1929)”
“Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air Convention (1929)” (Convention on the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, 1929) referred to as the “Warsaw Convention” (Warsaw Convention), is October 12, 1929 set in Poland, Warsaw Convention on international air transport. February 13, 1933 entered into force. The Convention for [...]
Goodbye Hague, Hello Rotterdam
Opinion: Here’s a forecast from those of us who write and review numerous transportation contracts: A new international law looms ahead that will be very beneficial to truckers if we strategize to take advantage of it. Globalization continues to change the motor carrier industry, and with the Rotterdam Rules sailing into our legal waters, we [...]
THE ROTTERDAM RULES SCOPE OF APPLICATION AND FREEDOM OF CONTRACT
Μια νέα εποχή στις Ευθύνες των Μεταφορέων, ας αρχίσουμε να βλέπουμε σαν ένα μακρινό παρελθόν τις συνθήκες της Hague – Hague-Visby και Hamburg. THE ROTTERDAM RULES SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF GOODS WHOLLY OR PARTLY BY SEA SCOPE OF APPLICATION AND FREEDOM OF CONTRACT 1. Background1 This [...]
Rotterdam Rules topics, a useful analysis
There has been heated and passionate debate in academic circles and industry publications about the pros and cons of the Rotterdam Rules. Supporters of the Rules hope that they will achieve widespread adoption and thereby bring greater uniformity to sea and ‘wet multimodal’ carriage contracts (i.e. multimodal transport including a sea leg). They argue that, [...]
Brussels Regulations Prevails Over Carriage Convention CMR?
Έναντι της Διεθνούς Συνθήκης Οδικής Μεταφοράς CMR επικρατούν οι Ορισμοί των Βρυξελών κατά την ΕΕ και σε ποιο βαθμό? When a carriage convention and an EU Regulation both offer provisions on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, which of the two prevails over the other? In this case, the Advocate General swayed in favor [...]