12/05/2008
The UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report into the MSC Napoli incident has shown that mis-declaration of the weight and contents of containers was a contributory factor to the accident.
29/04/2008
Port Skills and Safety Ltd ( PSSL ), an industry organisation promoting health safety, skills and standards, commented in Information Paper 012/2008 on a Kalmar Reach Stacker incident (failure of boom extension ram anchor bolts).
Laurence Jones, Director Global Risk Assessment at the TT Club, reports on ship stack emissions.
27/03/2008
An improving claims picture, high retention on renewals and a good investment return characterise a satisfactory overall performance in 2007.
18/02/2008
Hyopsung Shipping Corporation, the TT Club s Network Partner in Korea, alerted us to a circular by the law firm Kim & Chang (Seoul) on amendments to the Maritime Chapter of the South Korean Commercial Code. These amendments include the following points.
When ICHCA International in its International Safety Panel (ISP) recently considered the situation regarding locking lights on spreader frames, it became apparent that a variety of different colour combinations are in use.
In TT Talk Edition 102 (16 October 2007) Hart Security introduced the new ISO 28000 security management standard. A longer description of the business benefits offered by engaging in this standard was set out in House-to-House December 2007. This article continues the theme by identifying how this management standard fits into the current regulatory arena.
01/02/2008
Article 23 (3) of CMR 1956 stipulates a liability limit of 25 francs per kilogram of goods lost or damaged.
Spica Services (Thailand) have circulated a very informative summary by Pramuanchai Law Office C0 Ltd (Bangkok) on the new Thai Act on Marine Salvage, B.E.2550 (2007).
In the Australian case of Hilditch v Dorval Kaiun KK (The Golden Lucy I ), Hilditch, the Australian buyer, purchased from SK Corporation (Korea), the seller, a cargo of refined oil products, including 400 metric tonnes of Yubase 6 (a lubricant for motor engines). For the carriage from Korea to Australia, SK Corporation concluded a charterparty with carriers, Dorval, supplemented by a tanker bill of lading issued in a set of three originals.
19/12/2007
The German Commercial Code dedicates in sections 452-452d a chapter to multimodal transport. Inrecent years a critical question has been whether cargo handling operations at a sea terminal constitute an independent portion of a multimodal transport contract, or whether such cargo handling is still part of the preceding or subsequent sea carriage portion, which generally provides a liability regime that is more favourable to the carrier.
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