Transportation Law, International Law & Trade, Commercial Law & Contracts

Business Across Borders - Licence to travel: how regulation is benefiting business abroad

by M. Tamara Box, Lindsay East, Daniel Kadar, Edward S. Miller, Cynthia O'Donoghue, Roger Parker, Anker Sorensen, Richard Swinburn, Philip Taylor | Reed Smith on 5/10/2013

Our Business Across Borders report series, written by The Economist Intelligence Unit, investigates the biggest issues facing global business. The first of five reports and video commentary, Licence to travel, examines...more

The English Court of Appeal confirms the effectiveness of Certificates of Acceptance in aircraft leasing transactions

by Adrian Beasley, Justin Benson, Jason Yardley | White & Case LLP on 5/1/2013

The Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Olympic Airlines SA (in special liquidation) v ACG Acquisition XX LLC [2013] EWCA Civ 369 gives welcome comfort to lessors that properly drafted Certificates of Acceptance will provide...more

Case note: Griffon Shipping LLC V Firodi Shipping Ltd. [2013] EWHC 593

by Philip Rymer, Charles Weller, Robert Wilkins, Michael Wood | Reed Smith on 4/11/2013

An important decision for the ship sale and purchase market has confirmed that buyers entering into a standard form Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) (on Norwegian Sale Form (NSF) 1993 terms and similar, e.g., the 2012 terms) do...more

Cuba Practice Update - April 11, 2013

by Matthew Aho, Pedro Freyre, Augusto Maxwell | Akerman Senterfitt on 4/11/2013

Cuba Details Rules for Special Economic Zone - The Cuban government last week released details of customs reforms for a long-planned free trade industrial manufacturing and maritime shipping facility in the Mariel...more

Alberta Court says Air Cargo Liability Limits can be Broken

by Artem N. Barsukov | Bennett Jones LLP on 3/14/2013

Cargo airlines operating in Alberta may soon find themselves training their front-line staff to ask more questions when dealing with individual consumers. Last month, the Provincial Court of Alberta released a decision in...more

EU defines scope of expanded Iran sanctions, including new natural gas, metals and vessels/ tankers bans

by James R.M. Killick, Sara Nordin, Charlotte Van Haute, Fabienne Vermeeren | White & Case LLP on 1/14/2013

On 21 December 2012, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted the EU-wide legislation clarifying important details of the expanded sanctions measures already agreed by the Council in broad terms on 15 October 2012.1...more

Florida Port Strike May Not Happen As Negotiations Continue Into 2013: News Release of the Week

by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 1/2/2013

Florida's economy needs its active and efficient ports and while on one hand, there's construction underway to make Port Miami big enough to deal with the increased traffic coming from the Panama Canal expansion, on the other...more

TRANSACTIONAL: Transaction: Allocation of Ship-Shore Liability: Use of Port Liability Agreements to Provide Protection and...

by King & Spalding on 12/11/2012

The use of port liability agreements to allocate ship-shore liability in a marine casualty event has been widely adopted by U.S. LNG import terminals. As many of these terminals transition to bi-directional operations, they...more

Up in the air – the suspension of the aviation EU ETS for non-EU airlines: UPDATE

by Shariq Gilani, Nicholas Rock, Peter Zaman | Reed Smith on 11/26/2012

Since our client alert last week, the European Commission has published a draft Decision and ‘Questions and Answers’ (“Q&As”), elaborating on its proposal to ‘stop the clock’ on the international aviation elements of the EU...more

Record Gas Prices Impact Local Business

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 10/22/2012

Gas prices are high everywhere, but California is suffering from the highest prices in the United States. When the cost of filling the gas tank forces more and more people to make basic economic choices between driving and...more

Denied Boarding: European Court Reinforces the Rights of Air Passengers

by McDermott Will & Emery on 10/11/2012

On 4 October, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down two important judgments in relation to the compensation air carriers are liable for when air travellers are denied boarding. The CJEU found that i)...more

Dockworkers Union Threatening to Strike October 1

by Venable LLP on 9/19/2012

The dockworkers union along the East and Gulf Coasts is threatening to strike on October 1, should there be no agreement with transportation providers by the end of September. Such a work stoppage will adversely affect U.S....more

Port State Control Detention Over Two Hour Temporary Defect Upheld

by Nathan Cecil on 8/16/2012

In a decision handed down last week, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal upheld a PortState Control decision to detain a ship for a defect which was rectified within approximately two hours of the inspection. Whilst the...more

GUARDCON

by Reed Smith on 4/6/2012

All industry participants will be well aware of the difficulties caused by the recent flourishing of piracy in the western Indian Ocean and elsewhere. A whole vessel security industry continues to grow, particularly in Dubai,...more

Transactions - The Top 10 Issues Facing the LNG Industry in 2012

by King & Spalding on 3/14/2012

A version of this article was published in the Oil & Gas Journal, Volume 110, Issue 2. Already witness to a number of changes in recent years, the global LNG industry in 2012 is likely to see further changes as...more

Proposed New Rules for In-Bond Transportation of Imports and Opportunity to Submit Comments

by King & Spalding on 2/24/2012

On February 22, 2012, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes changes to regulations affecting in-bond transportation of imported merchandise. The Notice can be...more

U.S. Authorities Weigh in on Emerging Derivatives Model for Global Transport Sector

by Venable LLP on 12/6/2011

On October 13, the FMC issued a proposed rule that would clarify and ease Agency regulation of service contracts and NVOCC service arrangements (“NSA”). Under the current regime, the terms of such contracts or NSAs either...more

Hill Harmony case still defines a master’s authority

by John A. C. Cartner on 11/15/2011

Originally published in Tanker Shipping & Trade I October/November 2011. The law is explicit on who has the final say on a vessel’s route, writes John A C Cartner* A great deal of ink has been spilt by commentators...more

The Inter-Club Agreement: Amendments relating to Security come into force on 1 September 2011

by Reed Smith on 8/27/2011

The Inter-Club Agreement, which was last amended in 1996 (the "1996 Agreement"), has been further amended to incorporate a new provision dealing with the entitlement to security for cargo claims. The position under the...more

Shipping Newsletter - August 2011, Issue 28

by Reed Smith on 8/10/2011

In this issue: The Effect of Insolvency on a Charterparty; The Bribery Act 2010; Federal Maritime Commission Eases Rate Filing Requirements; Update: Sanctions Regimes; Case Study: Refusal of Orders to proceed to Yemen; Case...more

Shipping Group Monthly Bulletin - July 2011

by Reed Smith on 7/31/2011

In This Issue: BIMCO...3 BIMCO publishes Wreckhire 2010...3 CIVIL PROCEDURE...4 High Court grants relief from sanctions where the deadline for service of a witness statement was a bank holiday,...more

EU Sanctions against Libya – Listing of Libyan Ports

by Reed Smith on 6/21/2011

On 7 June 2011, the Council of the European Union agreed Council Decision 2011/332/CFSP. The Decision set out the Council's intention to freeze the assets of six port authorities in Libya. The asset freeze took effect on the...more

RS Shipping Bulletin - February 2011

by Reed Smith on 6/9/2011

In This Issue: 1 Carriage Of Goods . . . 3 1 . 1 Court Of Appeal Considers The Meaning And Reasonableness Of The ‘No Set-Off’ And ‘Time Bar’ Clauses In The British International Freight Association Terms . . . 3 2...more

Reed Smith Shipping Group Monthly Bulletin - May 2011

by Reed Smith on 5/31/2011

In This Issue: ARBITRATION...3 Commercial Court confirms that the court’s power under s.66 Arbitration Act 1996 to enforce an arbitration award extends to declaratory awards...3 Court of Appeal considers...more

International Trade: US Customs Development - May 2011

by White & Case LLP on 5/22/2011

In This Issue: US Import Policy; Tariffs and Import Restrictions; Preferential Duty Programs; Country of Origin; Classification; Procedures; Consumer Product Safety; and, Miscellaneous. Excerpt from "US Import...more

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