This January sees a new Amendment to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code released, Amendment 39-18, entering its transitional year before being mandated from 1 January 2020.
Recent caselaw suggests that English courts will lean towards the selecting interpretations on limits of liability that favour a claimant. Unwelcome to the carrier community, so worth considering how best to describe goods on carriage documents.
A packer lies motionless inside a 40 foot container. As workmates rush forward, the supervisor shouts, “Stop”. Surely, it’s only an empty steel box! So, what can be dangerous about a steel box?
