Following the ratification by Bangladesh and Liberia on 26 June 2023, the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (hereinafter referred to as “The Hong Kong Convention”), adopted on 15 May 2009 under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), will enter into force on 26 June 2025….
The issue in question relates to a dispute between an insurance company and a sea carrier. The latter ‒defendant in legal proceedings for damages caused to the transported goods‒ pleaded the insurance’s lack of capacity to sue since, according to the defendant, the letter of subrogation and loan receipt signed by the insured upon receipt…
With a fleet of 141 container vessels Hanjin Shipping is the first container shipping company in South Korea, and the seventh in the world. Or rather, it was. Hanjin has, in fact, filed for and entered receivership, the implications of which go far beyond the territory of South Korea, so that it is reasonable to…
The Hanjin case encompasses a number of legal issues that the firm is currently addressing –out of court for now– on behalf of Clients who are involved in several respects. What transpires from the operators is a troubling disorientation and a sense of uncertainty for the goods that are still awaiting to be transferred to…
Alberto Pasino’s article published in The Meditelegraph (Number 8 – July 2016) is available here with the Publisher’s kind permission. Article on pages 28 and 29
The Tribunale di Palermo, by means of judgment of 1 December 2015, ruled on the unenforceability of the prorogation of jurisdiction clause contained in the bill of lading against the principal of the freight forwarder, if he acts against the carrier in his capacity as assignee of the freight forwarder’s claims, confirming the previous prevailing…
The mission in China organized by the Port Authority of Trieste on the occasion of “Transport Logistic China” ‒ international fair which takes place every two years in Shanghai‒ ended on 18 June. Alberto Pasino participated as speaker in the main event of the mission: a meeting presenting Trieste’s port to Shanghai’s logistic community, organized…
Cold treatment is used as a phytosanitary measure and is compulsory for exporting food, especially fruit, from several countries, such as the United States, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, India, China, New Zealand and many more. One of the most relevant clauses of the insurance contracts of transport of goods for export is the one governing the…